What can I say, this is a film destined to become a cult classic. My mother rented it near Christmas in 1994, and ever since it has become a Christmas classic for us. The cast is excellant, not a dull star among them and I don't see how you could find anything bad about, besides the black comedy that takes place when Steven Wright shoots himself and when Garry Shandling gets shot, but we could look past that. And we thought it to be very funny. And why it didn't get play in enough theaters is beyond me, it was a well-made film, with an excellant cast and great cameos and it should have made more at the box-office. In a world where trash like Pokemon dominates the box-office, the true gems are overlooked, Election is a good example. Steve Martin, Rita Wilson, and Madeline Kahn run a suicide-clinic from their apartment and don't make any profit from it, for they do it from the bottom of their hearts. Garry Shandling the landlord confronts Martin and evicts him with extreme-heartlessness as only he can display. Meanwhile, Juliette Lewis and Anthony LaPagila are a poor couple ready to have a baby. Juliette gets mad and makes her way to Steve Martin's apartment to stay with Rita Wilson. And Anthony follows. Meanwhile, Madeline Kahn gets stuck in the elevator and decides to call for help using a toy-karoake machine. Meanwhile,once again. Steve gets a call from a transvestite played by Liev Schrieber, and is pressured to letting him/her come over to the apartment.
All of these plot points tie in together, along with a few cool twists. This film could be a lighter, Christmas version of Pulp Fiction. And with Madeline Kahn's sudden death of cancer, this makes an excellant reason to check this film out this Christmas.
R.I.P. Madeline Kahn
All of these plot points tie in together, along with a few cool twists. This film could be a lighter, Christmas version of Pulp Fiction. And with Madeline Kahn's sudden death of cancer, this makes an excellant reason to check this film out this Christmas.
R.I.P. Madeline Kahn