It's consequently not difficult to see why Election is now considered a classic high school comedy, although the presence
of several decidedly adult
themes (ie lesbianism, adultery, etc) ensures that
viewers over a certain
age will probably get a whole lot more out
of the film than teens.
Death is a subject
of art for the
ages, but this work brings with it such delicacy
of feeling — as the
viewer becomes seduced by the anthropomorphism — counterbalanced by the shocking ending, that one does not begrudge the return to such a
theme.