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Election

  • Is it age appropriate?

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    Not age appropriate for kids under 15, age appropriate for kids over 16; suggested age 15.
  • Is it any good?

    4.0
  • Common Sense says

    Dark high school comedy is best for older teens.

updated 07.04.08

Why We Rated This iffy for Ages 15–16

What to watch out for

  • Messages:

    Pretty much everyone in film serves as a negative role model. Characters are driven to unethical acts by greed, jealousy, and lust. This film makes it difficult to divide characters into "good" and "bad." Even the "good" characters make choices that throw their status into question.
  • Violence :

    Humorous skiing accident and bee sting incident.
  • Sex :

    Inappropriate relationship between a teacher and student, infidelity by the main character, main character watches porn, brief teenage lesbianism, teenage sex, semi-graphic sex.
  • Language:

    Sexually explicit language.
  • Consumerism:

    Coke and Pepsi placement.
  • Drinking, drugs, & smoking:

    Brief moments of teen drinking and pot.
 

What Parents Need to Know

About Election

Parents need to know that in this dark comedy, almost everyone engages in bad behavior as they set out to win at all costs. This movie also includes questionable sexual situations (statutory rape, extramarital affairs, and teenage sex), foul language, and an irreverent attitude toward religion. All in all, both teens and adults appear untrustworthy and unethical. Older teens may be mature enough to watch this film.

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Families Can Talk About

  • Families can talk about issues relating to ethics. Throughout this movie, characters make unethical choices. Parents may want to ask their kids to identify those actions. They may also want to use this time to discuss issues related to school. Does this film remind teens of their own school experiences? Do they know people like the characters? What are politics like at their schools?
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  1. Adult Reviewer
    Anonymous
    Lives in New Jersey
    I rate this title on for age 13 and give it 4.0

    Dark, but funny

    Good movie, good acting and interesting concept of student vs teacher.

  2. Kid Reviewer
    Age 12
    Lives in California
    I rate this title off for age 2 and give it 5.0

    good movie, but NOT FOR KIDS

    I rented this with my dad, and watched it a few weeks ago. It is a very good film, great style of film-making, and amazing acting and writing, but it is ABSOLUTELY NOT FOR KIDS. This movie has a sex scene almost every 2 minutes. They discuss it, Tracy Flick (Witherspoon) has a sexual affair with a teacher... Great movie but a LOT of sex.

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