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Election
Alexander Payne
This was such a weird film. It honestly feels like peak 1999 in the strangest way possible. Lots of things about the film work really well: the score (that tribal music that plays for Witherspoon is GOAT), the freeze frames, and the flashbacks all work so well it's amazing. I think my biggest issue was the plot. It felt too unwieldy and unfocused. Almost like American Beauty, but not in a good way. According to Wikipedia, this is also President Obama's favorite political film which is... interesting? For that reason alone, I'll probably give it another shot at some point.
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