1999 – ElectroLund

Rushmore vs. Election

When they call Election “wicked satire,” they mean it. Rushmore wasn’t half as crass yet twice as funny.

That both of these successful films are independent gives one a giddy sense of grass roots pride.

Ushering in the new millennium of horror movies, one of these films is mighty, the other mediocre.

As if pulp from an unwritten Tom Clancy thriller, The Siege can be unsatisfying, unlike Arlington Road.

One is intellectual comedy, the other political intrigue. Both entertain.

Both films hold in high regard their child characters, two boys who become strong individuals despite unbearable hauntings.