Ambitious Reese Witherspoon stops at nothing to win the high school student council presidency in Omaha, Nebraska, while Matthew Broderick is a history teacher with a grudge who throws obstacles in her way--namely, a dough-headed jock (Chris Klein) and miscounting of votes--and is sidetracked by an awkward affair and bee-sting to the eyelid which end up destroying his marriage and career until he meets his fate as museum tour guide in NYC. Very funny at times. MTV Production's best film. Directed and co-written by Alexander Payne (CITIZEN RUTH, 1996). Okay tunes, including Donovan, The Commodores, Mandy Barnett, Patience and Prudence, April March, and The Damnations TX, who seem to be all over the soundtrack world.
