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摘要

Running for high school student body president, Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon) proves to be a solicitous overachiever who gets under the skin of her social studies teacher (Matthew Broderick) in Alexander Payne's (Sideways) sneakily subversive dramedy. With its multiple points of view derived from Tom Perrotta's novel, this way-smarter-than-average film adaptation skewers politics-electoral and sexualen route to a wider commentary on human nature. Winning the Independent Spirit Award provided a measure of compensation for its unfortunate box office failure.