Equally effective is Reese Witherspoon as Tracy Flick. After looking dangerously seductive in Cruel Intentions , she now becomes an opportunistic barracuda who has no friends. She devotes all her time to school and extracurricular activities. She's a near cousin of Max Fischer in Rushmore . Witherspoon looks completely different from her previous roles.
Election is one of the year's best comedies.
It gives us a character who evokes images of a young Monica Lewinski. Tracy has no interest in her fellow students. Her only interest is in climbing the social ladder and she'll do whatever it takes to move up another rung. Alongside this year's Rushmore , another comedy about an overachieving student, Election pales somewhat in comparison. Its nihilistic vision becomes suffocating, whereas Rushmore offered some glimmers of hope and growth.