I first watched this film as a teenager. Now as an adult, I can appreciate how cleverly executed this series of scenes is. The teacher is so clearly grooming his student, and it's visibly creepy. Yet he's portrayed as most people who do what he's done probably are: deeply deluded by his desires. Tracy is clearly an emotionally immature victim, but she's portrayed as most victims probably are: confident that they're in fact consenting to being taken advantage of. This complexity, I think, stands the test of time even in the post "Me Too" era.
Very well said, and exactly the kind of argument that (I think) stands to explain why so many different things can-and should-be portrayed onscreen in films, depiction doesn’t equal endorsement; and even as times change, that is something that doesn’t…
7:37 A predator who knowingly grooms and then plays the victim and a hopeless sheltered loser with no social smarts and genuinely believes they've found love probably cry the same way when they get caught. He may be deluded instead of evil, but the damage toward the victim is the same either way. They don't show it, but clearly the principal did the right thing by not softening at the crying. That's why I like this scene.
Sure, Tracy was annoying, but she wasn’t sabotaging or stepping on people to get ahead. The tearing down of the posters was just a fit of rage and frustration, and it didn’t cost anyone the election. She also appeared to have genuine affection for her teacher Dave. Besides, an adult that pursues a child for sex bears all the blame. No exceptions. An adult in an authoritative positions knows better than that. I think that the bad characterization of Tracy was just a fabrication in McAllister’s mind to justify his own actions, and McAllister is just another immature high school teacher, which there are a lot of.
I have empathy for her definitely. I think alot of talented and achievement oriented kids that are trying to raise above their means in high school have a bit of her in them. This movie was fantastic!
This is exactly how the movie wants us to perceive the characters. The concept of ethics vs morals is clear. While we question Tracys morality in her actions (her affair, attitude and tearing of the posters) we know in the deep end she hasn’t committed anything unethical and is likely, simply a victim of the events that developed. On the other hand, McAllister is justifying his unethical ethical views on child consent, corruption and resentment though Tracy, thinking himself he is doing the morally good thing to do whereas he has become everything he wanted to destroy (Dave’s actions and why of thinking). I simply love how realistic is this film in portraying human paradox.
"Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn't matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it's going to change anything around here? Make one single person smarter or happier or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college. So vote for me, because I don't even want to go to college, and I don't care, and as president I won't do anything. The only promise I will make is that if elected I will immediately dismantle the student government, so that none of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again! Or don't vote for me! Who cares? Don't vote at all!"
I knew a couple teachers who married students after they graduated, no way in hell it didn't begin while they were students, but back then, people just kind of looked the other way.
this is truly an Alexander Payne early masterpiece. it's just so well made and so outrageous. it was before he evolve as a filmmaker, but still, i LOVE how he directed this. just with the way he pauses with Reese's face, the most horrible of her face, GENIUS!
Love how the first time we're introduced to Tracy it freezes on an unflattering face, just to end with a more flattering one, which leads to McAllister being pissed.
SPOILER WARNING: it's so funny how Mr. McAllister's fate is foreshadowed by his friend's "huge mistake". You'd think he'd have known better than to go head to head with tracy. but wounded pride and shame at being 2nd best make us do stupid things.
This is great stuff! The Woody Allen styled sequences and the quirkyness of a Wes Anderson Film! looking forward to seeing more of Alexander Payne's work...
If anyone caught that -“ I miss our long talks” that’s really subtle to say it became very sexual. She was groomed. It sounds like consent but it’s not, she’s still underage and see how she justified everything. That’s really good writing and again, the unreliable narrators .. really good script.
I love the song "Three Times a Lady" by the Commodores. However, in this scene, the song is drowned out by the emergency alert siren playing in my head.
I just saw this film the other day because my brother told me how funny this was, but when I first saw the diner scene, I found it so incredibly disturbing because the teacher, knowing how lonely and isolated she is from the rest of her peers, uses this as a way to get to her and to make her feel some sort of acceptance. That made this scene all the more disturbing, along with the fact that Tracy is completely oblivious to the fact that she was raped. Even though this Is a comedy, this is was one of the most accurate and realistic portrayals of Pedophilia because Tracy dismisses any idea that she was taken advantage of and suggest that it was true love. Obviously, this is a very integral part of the film, but I feel like, based on a few comments I read from various videos, that it often gets ignored. Also, the victim blaming that Mr. McAllister does to Tracy whenever he says “actions have consequences and affect other people” I found to be deeply disturbing. Great comedy and one of the funniest films I’ve seen in a while.
a 10 year old girl was graped by a 60 year old man who convinced her to unalive her family because they kicked him out of the house. the newspapers and people called her a hoe and she is still in jail rn. she said he showed her love her family didn't and that they left her locked at home. people's comments say she is evil coz she poisoned her father after being instigated by the man. true story.
I remember seeing this movie in theaters with just a handful of other movie goers, and all of us couldn't stop watching and laughing. Of course the movie has some serious plots and crimes broken, lying, cheating, adultery, sex with a minor etc. It's just told in a way you have to laugh with it and enjoy the ride. I think this movie helped re-open up those serious and non-serious sex-comedies in the late 90s to the mid 2000s, . "American Pie", "American Beauty", "Road Trip", "40-Year-Old Virgin", "Waiting...", "Pretty Persuasion" etc. I can never get tired of watching these kinds of movies till this day. :)
Am I the only one that felt sorry for Tracy? She does work hard and scarificed nearly everything to achieve to highest she wants to achieve. She did have flaws like being a narcissist and keeping quiet and not coming forward about tearing up those posters.
This is a movie that talks about morals and ethics in the beginning of the movie, but no character in the film is morally or ethically good, except for the brother. Everyone is a little bit corrupt in their own way.
Reminds me of a teacher in high school who was also a basketball coach. He was dating a senior girl who was underage, 17. Now he'd go to jail. But then nothing happened.
This is one movie that showed that teachers could be flawed. Like Dave took advantage of a much younger student. Jim was jealous of Tracy and wanted to stop her from winning the election.
Jim also uses Paul as a means to take Tracy down in the election. This movie has people using and taking advantage of each other left and right. Payne isn’t afraid to explore and find the sick humor in the seedier side of humanity. His characters are often despicable, but in ways that are never too far removed from reality and, whether we like to admit it or not, relatability as well. I think this makes for some of the best social satire out there. Both this and Sideways are tragicomedy masterpieces.
I have a friend who had this happen to her. She was 14 years old and he was her art teacher in his mid-20s. Now they're married and live in the middle of some forest in the south. She's still madly in love with him. God help her.
A lot of us that were young when this premiered thought Tracy was the villain. Yeah she was annoying and out of pocket at times but she was a whole teenager. She was raised by a successful, single mother who instilled drive and ambition into her daughter. Possibly because she for whatever reason had to raise a child alone whilst striving to do better for both of them. Not to mention, Tracy was an only child so all the pressure to go above and beyond was all on her. She stayed at school long after school hours which leaves me to believe she was avoiding going home. Either mom was home or not home enough leaving Tracy alone in her house.Nothing wrong with instilling confidence and wanting to do well within your children, HOWEVER, some parents take it to the extreme to where it’s basically abuse; sometimes stunting some of their kid’s development. Hence, Tracy’s inability to be social and pick up on red flags. In comes Dave, who peaked in high school, having his sights on Tracy from the jump. He was very aware that she had no friends meaning that he had been observing her for quite sometime 🤮 I wonder if he was predatory during his high school years? Then, McCallister. He told his best friend that him doing this to Tracy was wrong BUT he didn’t report it. Then had the audacity to blame Tracy for the whole thing. He may not have thought much about her before the disgusting events but he sure did afterwards. And she had him feeling some type of way 🥴 her actively trying to do good academic wise; chasing her hopes and dreams made him feel inadequate. So he tried to sabotage her. He was trying to have a full blown affair with his former best friend’s wife and he had the nerve to blame Tracy for that as well basically. The adults in her life failed her, including her absent by choice father. It’s interesting seeing things from a different perspective when you get older, isn’t it?
The point of this movie is they’really all not good people. They all have their own motives.. their own views of ethics and morales. It’s a satire on politics
I love the Tracy Flick character in this movie. However, her type rarely gets satisfaction in life and end up miserable to a certain extent when the realities of real life hit. They hinted at that in the movie when she went off to Georgetown.
I wouldn't go that far. Yes she was a victim of grooming. But she was still and egotistical bitch and had flaws regardless of her affair with the teacher.
My Sister fell out laughing when she saw The Fiddler On The Roof Scene. Two Acting Icons were in the production. The Late Leonard Frey who played Motel The Tailor and Harold in the "Original" Production of The Boys In The Band. His Former Co-Star Lawrence Luckinbill (Hank) was on Search For Tomorrow a Proctor & Gamble Soap and Michael Zaslow also did "Fiddler" as Perchik and although he too appeared on Search For Tomorrow he's probably best known for his Role on Guiding Light a role he played on and off from 1971-1997 which was also a Proctor & Gamble Show. Ryan Phllippe (Reese's Ex Husband) played Billy A Gay Teen on One Life To Live.
When looking at all what happened: Me too, school bullying, fake news-lingo .... This movie has AGED extra fine and could be great for teaching material actually!!! Very relevant
This movie was hilarious but it definitely has its dark moments. The writing is really good. The way he played on her insecurities to break her down then build her up with compliments, while slipping in "beautiful" is so creepy. As an adult re-watching it that scene is so different than I remembered. Especially when you realize he probably had been grooming her for three years. And when you realize how she didn't realize it absolutely was the need for a father figure that made her susceptible to it.
Apparently I'm the only person who ever noticed the inside joke on her name: Tracy Flick. The clue is in the capitalization, and if you pay close attention, her name is always spelled in all caps: TRACY FLICK. Now, move the "ICK" a little bit left to where it connects with the "L." Get it?
Good actors. Reese Witherspoon is so versatile. And believable. Interestingly though, this clip makes me think about why some marriages don't work. Even though what the guy did was wrong, I was thinking, I hope my husband never feels that way.
The relationship seems to have left Tracy Flick undamaged. In real life, she would have been utterly destroyed, with her ambitions derailed. She probably would have dropped out of high school.
I disagree - she wasn't just the usual high school female that would have been those things - rather she was also a sociopath - and it's that quality that makes her different.
There’s not much of her life shown before the affair so maybe she may have had somewhat of a different personality. I mean she may have been just ambitious but the grooming and after effects could have made her worst in that sense and she could have taken out her anger and rage via her ambitions.
Tracy comes from money and a mother with a powerful career. Most likely she would've paid her way in life, cheated and walk on many to achieve her ambitious ( narcissistic) goals. Just look at many government officials and politicians since forever.
I would say no, at least not until Dave had to admit why he got fired from teaching. Jim wouldn't rat on his best friend, even though Jim knew it was wrong in the first place. He even gave him disappointed eyes in the office with the principal.
I don't think that Mr. Novotny had the right to ask Tracy about her not having any Friends. Too me that's too personal. She knew deep in her heart she didn't have any Friends because she wasn't a nice person. Too ruthless and ambitious. I'm glad she got Shade thrown at her in the Dorm at Georgetown. Hard to believe it was the Home of the burgeoning Grunge Movement, Starbucks, and 50 Shades of Grey
Notice at the end of the movie, she mentioned that everyone signed Paul's yearbook and barely anyone signed hers? That's telling right there. She spent the better part of her time in Carver High volunteering for every activity under the sun just to build up her resume for college. She has no friends because she's mean to everyone and only cares about climbing up the mountain and looking down at all the undesirables. If she took the time to make friends and have fun every once in a while, maybe people would like her.
@@American-Zero Uh huh! If I were a College Admissions Officer I wouldn't take her. Too ruthless, ambitious, would do anything to claw her way to the top. I lived for getting My Yearbook Signed and Signing Folks. Another problem, is that her Mother was a "Stage Mother". Novotny co incidentally was the Last Name of Michael on Queer As Folk (US).
@@laminage Really? I didn't know that. Anyways yeah, I don't think I'd take her either. The whole movie she showed that she was selfish, self righteous, narcissistic and at times a horrible person to be around. Her being a social climber is one of the reasons Jim didn't want her to become Student Body President. It doesn't help that her Mom is one of those stage moms who tried to live her failed dreams of success through her daughter...even going as far to sue the school if word got out about her affair with Novotny. If I knew someone like Tracy in High School, I wouldn't want to be around her.
@@American-Zero Yep! I remember watching Popstars in 2001 where there was a Young Lady whose Mother thought she was gooing to be the next big thing and they didn't take her and her Mother was shocked. When they did a Documentary about Popstars all over the world, there was a Mother who would go to every audition.
@@laminage Oh my God, you think that's bad..check out dance Moms. Those little kids are like trained seals, all of them are being pushed by their overbearing mother. They demand for them to try harder and scold them when they don't meet their standards. Showbiz Moms are the worst..they try and live vicariously through their daughters. Mama June did it with Honey Boo Boo, Kris Jenner did it with her daughters..so many Moms trying to follow their failed dreams through their kids.
Tracy Flick was the High school version of a Karen! On a side note. I knew and hated girls like her in school! Reese was so believable in this role. She killed it.
I agree. Reese Witherspoon was incredible in this movie. She really made me hate her as Tracy Flick. But that is a compliment as she was really great at that role.
I love how this movie begins with a discussion on ethics and morals and both main characters act in an immoral and unethical way throughout the movie.
That's the whole point of the movie. Ethics vs Morals.
@magesticmaniacc I see what you did there.
i miss the day when movies were works of genius like this and not pop culture crap pumped out in a year...
It’s called foreshadowing a plot
Great screenplay.
I first watched this film as a teenager. Now as an adult, I can appreciate how cleverly executed this series of scenes is. The teacher is so clearly grooming his student, and it's visibly creepy. Yet he's portrayed as most people who do what he's done probably are: deeply deluded by his desires. Tracy is clearly an emotionally immature victim, but she's portrayed as most victims probably are: confident that they're in fact consenting to being taken advantage of. This complexity, I think, stands the test of time even in the post "Me Too" era.
You just perfectly summed up the Lewinsky Scandal. Keen observation
Very well said, and exactly the kind of argument that (I think) stands to explain why so many different things can-and should-be portrayed onscreen in films, depiction doesn’t equal endorsement; and even as times change, that is something that doesn’t…
7:37 A predator who knowingly grooms and then plays the victim and a hopeless sheltered loser with no social smarts and genuinely believes they've found love probably cry the same way when they get caught. He may be deluded instead of evil, but the damage toward the victim is the same either way. They don't show it, but clearly the principal did the right thing by not softening at the crying. That's why I like this scene.
ppppffffttttt! Tracy Flick is just using this teacher to get ahead!
@@tonyscott1658have fun "using" your cell mate to survive prison
This is maybe one of the most brilliant pieces of filmmaking in the last 50 years.
Ridiculously underrated film.
It's really something unique.
What is this? A parody? Satire? Cinizem? Sarcasm? All of it meshed togheter?
Yep
i absolutely love how it seamlessly jumps from narrator to narrator and there are like five or six of them
One of my favourite teen movies. A Reese Witherspoon classic alongside with Legally Blonde
Sure, Tracy was annoying, but she wasn’t sabotaging or stepping on people to get ahead. The tearing down of the posters was just a fit of rage and frustration, and it didn’t cost anyone the election. She also appeared to have genuine affection for her teacher Dave. Besides, an adult that pursues a child for sex bears all the blame. No exceptions. An adult in an authoritative positions knows better than that. I think that the bad characterization of Tracy was just a fabrication in McAllister’s mind to justify his own actions, and McAllister is just another immature high school teacher, which there are a lot of.
I have empathy for her definitely. I think alot of talented and achievement oriented kids that are trying to raise above their means in high school have a bit of her in them. This movie was fantastic!
Depends on how you look at her and all.
This is exactly how the movie wants us to perceive the characters. The concept of ethics vs morals is clear. While we question Tracys morality in her actions (her affair, attitude and tearing of the posters) we know in the deep end she hasn’t committed anything unethical and is likely, simply a victim of the events that developed. On the other hand, McAllister is justifying his unethical ethical views on child consent, corruption and resentment though Tracy, thinking himself he is doing the morally good thing to do whereas he has become everything he wanted to destroy (Dave’s actions and why of thinking). I simply love how realistic is this film in portraying human paradox.
"Who cares about this stupid election? We all know it doesn't matter who gets elected president of Carver. Do you really think it's going to change anything around here? Make one single person smarter or happier or nicer? The only person it does matter to is the one who gets elected. The same pathetic charade happens every year, and everyone makes the same pathetic promises just so they can put it on their transcripts to get into college. So vote for me, because I don't even want to go to college, and I don't care, and as president I won't do anything. The only promise I will make is that if elected I will immediately dismantle the student government, so that none of us will ever have to sit through one of these stupid assemblies again! Or don't vote for me! Who cares? Don't vote at all!"
What makes this so funny is, not only did I know girls like Tracy Flick in high school, I knew teachers like Dave Novotny, too!
Did they get caught?
I knew a few like Dave too and they got fired
Dave shouldn't have cheated on Linda with Stacy
I knew a couple teachers who married students after they graduated, no way in hell it didn't begin while they were students, but back then, people just kind of looked the other way.
Tracy
Reese Witherspoon at her finest
The guy who plays mr novatni played it so perfectly. He is the lynchpin that makes the whole movie work.
Mark Harelik
Another game for Miloscz!!!
I love how at 05:30 the film subtly implies that Tracy didn't enjoy the sex with Mr Teacher XD
Yeah how he’s a creeper
Well she did get really wet 😂
this is truly an Alexander Payne early masterpiece. it's just so well made and so outrageous. it was before he evolve as a filmmaker, but still, i LOVE how he directed this. just with the way he pauses with Reese's face, the most horrible of her face, GENIUS!
But first it was a masterpiece by novelist Tom Perrotta 😊
On the commentary track, he calls the film "The revenge of the janitor". 🤣
Love how the first time we're introduced to Tracy it freezes on an unflattering face, just to end with a more flattering one, which leads to McAllister being pissed.
Doctor Gablehauser 😂
I knew a few Tracy Flicks in school but they were never mean or vicious. In fact they'd be helping others who asked them questions.
This script is egregiously good; it's almost unfair.
Yes. Some of the AI assisted screenplays now are horrific. No plot ...things just happen for a while, then...stop!
reese whitterspoon is awesome in this!
edge008 she is fucking genius in this!!! One of her best along with FREEWAY!!!
This is a really neat film. The characterizations are really sharp. And its well cast also.
the way the teacher took advantage of tracy is the most disgusting thing I've ever seen
I knew a teacher who did this exact same thing like down to the last detail when I was a kid. I knew the girl and the teacher
Every high school has a teacher like that unfortunately.
@@thebrowithnoname1703 Both men and women it seems.
The most disgusting thing you've ever seen? Really? There are much more disgusting cases of child abuse.
Dave Novotny is one reason I became a high school teacher
SPOILER WARNING: it's so funny how Mr. McAllister's fate is foreshadowed by his friend's "huge mistake". You'd think he'd have known better than to go head to head with tracy. but wounded pride and shame at being 2nd best make us do stupid things.
Nah, its is morality that got the better of him
I love Tracy.. She grabs the American dream. Every second counts..
@ 1:46 not much shocks me in a movie these days, but I'll admit that knocked me off balance when I saw this movie
This is great stuff! The Woody Allen styled sequences and the quirkyness of a Wes Anderson Film! looking forward to seeing more of Alexander Payne's work...
If anyone caught that -“ I miss our long talks” that’s really subtle to say it became very sexual. She was groomed. It sounds like consent but it’s not, she’s still underage and see how she justified everything.
That’s really good writing and again, the unreliable narrators .. really good script.
Love, your “Teacher”, Dave 😝
Her mother... she doesn't understand!
4:26 "It was the first time that somebody ever saw the real me."
One second later: Get down! Hide!
Brilliant (but terrible, but brilliant).
I love the song "Three Times a Lady" by the Commodores. However, in this scene, the song is drowned out by the emergency alert siren playing in my head.
We all went to high school with a Tracy Flick.
I had a teacher who definitely had a Tracy Flick personality.
I just saw this film the other day because my brother told me how funny this was, but when I first saw the diner scene, I found it so incredibly disturbing because the teacher, knowing how lonely and isolated she is from the rest of her peers, uses this as a way to get to her and to make her feel some sort of acceptance. That made this scene all the more disturbing, along with the fact that Tracy is completely oblivious to the fact that she was raped. Even though this Is a comedy, this is was one of the most accurate and realistic portrayals of Pedophilia because Tracy dismisses any idea that she was taken advantage of and suggest that it was true love. Obviously, this is a very integral part of the film, but I feel like, based on a few comments I read from various videos, that it often gets ignored. Also, the victim blaming that Mr. McAllister does to Tracy whenever he says “actions have consequences and affect other people” I found to be deeply disturbing. Great comedy and one of the funniest films I’ve seen in a while.
Yes. So truth.
a 10 year old girl was graped by a 60 year old man who convinced her to unalive her family because they kicked him out of the house. the newspapers and people called her a hoe and she is still in jail rn. she said he showed her love her family didn't and that they left her locked at home. people's comments say she is evil coz she poisoned her father after being instigated by the man. true story.
Who laughed when "Dave" turned on Three Times a Lady? Me, I laughed 😂😂😂💀💀💀
And he's bopping to it entirely off best 😅
I remember seeing this movie in theaters with just a handful of other movie goers, and all of us couldn't stop watching and laughing. Of course the movie has some serious plots and crimes broken, lying, cheating, adultery, sex with a minor etc. It's just told in a way you have to laugh with it and enjoy the ride. I think this movie helped re-open up those serious and non-serious sex-comedies in the late 90s to the mid 2000s, . "American Pie", "American Beauty", "Road Trip", "40-Year-Old Virgin", "Waiting...", "Pretty Persuasion" etc. I can never get tired of watching these kinds of movies till this day. :)
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Am I the only one that felt sorry for Tracy? She does work hard and scarificed nearly everything to achieve to highest she wants to achieve. She did have flaws like being a narcissist and keeping quiet and not coming forward about tearing up those posters.
***** lol you must have been reading some fan fiction.
***** About her opinion on Tracy? That is something I would ask her if I did meet her.
***** thank you mate, I will have a look.
+JReed1985 Well, being a narcissist is not good no matter how hard you work.
+JReed1985 Yes. They can be very dangerous. Physically and socially.
One of my favorite films of the '90s!
4:09 "looking-glass office" very fitting, because we get a lens into their intimacy
This is a movie that talks about morals and ethics in the beginning of the movie, but no character in the film is morally or ethically good, except for the brother. Everyone is a little bit corrupt in their own way.
Reminds me of a teacher in high school who was also a basketball coach. He was dating a senior girl who was underage, 17. Now he'd go to jail. But then nothing happened.
Phil Reeves played the perfect male principle of a high school.
Did you see the principal make that "loser" sign with his hand?!? 😂🤣😂
"Tracy, I've been watching you, you know (long pause)
going on three years now" 😂🖒👌
Statement: "I''m not talking about ethics - I'm talking about morals." Question: "What's the difference?" LOL!
2:02 Dave Novotny thinks he's Jimi Hendrix.
@Instrumentality1000 I think Hendrix is rolling over in his grave.
nice freeze-frame shot effect on Tracy early on -- showing an unfavorable view of her
Love this movie. I wish we could watch the entire film free.
This is one movie that showed that teachers could be flawed. Like Dave took advantage of a much younger student. Jim was jealous of Tracy and wanted to stop her from winning the election.
He wasn't, if he was with her in class instead of a teacher then yeah that's a possibility but he just hates her because of how she's a bitch
Jim also uses Paul as a means to take Tracy down in the election. This movie has people using and taking advantage of each other left and right. Payne isn’t afraid to explore and find the sick humor in the seedier side of humanity. His characters are often despicable, but in ways that are never too far removed from reality and, whether we like to admit it or not, relatability as well. I think this makes for some of the best social satire out there. Both this and Sideways are tragicomedy masterpieces.
@@theonewhoknocks96 yeah also Jim is scared if he might get seduced by Tracy and ruin his life. But he managed to cheat on his wife with Linda
Both Tracy and Mr. McAlliister were terrible people.
Seeing this at the theater as a HS student and now as a temp teacher is quite the experience.
I wonder how often this happens in real life.
More than you think.
My favorite HS teacher did this. It was pretty terrible. Later I learned it was not an isolated incident which made it even worse.
@Veronica A. Yes. He also went to jail for several years.
To often
I have a friend who had this happen to her. She was 14 years old and he was her art teacher in his mid-20s. Now they're married and live in the middle of some forest in the south. She's still madly in love with him. God help her.
Reese Witherspoon best performance
Fun fact I’m actually the baby at 2:17
A lot of us that were young when this premiered thought Tracy was the villain. Yeah she was annoying and out of pocket at times but she was a whole teenager. She was raised by a successful, single mother who instilled drive and ambition into her daughter. Possibly because she for whatever reason had to raise a child alone whilst striving to do better for both of them. Not to mention, Tracy was an only child so all the pressure to go above and beyond was all on her. She stayed at school long after school hours which leaves me to believe she was avoiding going home. Either mom was home or not home enough leaving Tracy alone in her house.Nothing wrong with instilling confidence and wanting to do well within your children, HOWEVER, some parents take it to the extreme to where it’s basically abuse; sometimes stunting some of their kid’s development. Hence, Tracy’s inability to be social and pick up on red flags. In comes Dave, who peaked in high school, having his sights on Tracy from the jump. He was very aware that she had no friends meaning that he had been observing her for quite sometime 🤮 I wonder if he was predatory during his high school years? Then, McCallister. He told his best friend that him doing this to Tracy was wrong BUT he didn’t report it. Then had the audacity to blame Tracy for the whole thing. He may not have thought much about her before the disgusting events but he sure did afterwards. And she had him feeling some type of way 🥴 her actively trying to do good academic wise; chasing her hopes and dreams made him feel inadequate. So he tried to sabotage her. He was trying to have a full blown affair with his former best friend’s wife and he had the nerve to blame Tracy for that as well basically. The adults in her life failed her, including her absent by choice father.
It’s interesting seeing things from a different perspective when you get older, isn’t it?
The point of this movie is they’really all not good people. They all have their own motives.. their own views of ethics and morales.
It’s a satire on politics
0:29 the freeze frame is hilarious
Reese Witherspoon has gone on record to say that she hates this freeze frame.
First film that i went out of way to watch at home 💞
I love the Tracy Flick character in this movie. However, her type rarely gets satisfaction in life and end up miserable to a certain extent when the realities of real life hit. They hinted at that in the movie when she went off to Georgetown.
Maturity is when you realize Tracy essentially victimized the entire movie
I wouldn't go that far. Yes she was a victim of grooming. But she was still and egotistical bitch and had flaws regardless of her affair with the teacher.
A perfect movie 👌
My Sister fell out laughing when she saw The Fiddler On The Roof Scene. Two Acting Icons were in the production. The Late Leonard Frey who played Motel The Tailor and Harold in the "Original" Production of The Boys In The Band. His Former Co-Star Lawrence Luckinbill (Hank) was on Search For Tomorrow a Proctor & Gamble Soap and Michael Zaslow also did "Fiddler" as Perchik and although he too appeared on Search For Tomorrow he's probably best known for his Role on Guiding Light a role he played on and off from 1971-1997 which was also a Proctor & Gamble Show. Ryan Phllippe (Reese's Ex Husband) played Billy A Gay Teen on One Life To Live.
4:36 he clearly knew what he was doing was wrong, he says get down to decrease the amount of people seeing his crime
When looking at all what happened: Me too, school bullying, fake news-lingo .... This movie has AGED extra fine and could be great for teaching material actually!!! Very relevant
This couldn't be made today, though.
In fact, many would be offended before the whole teacher and student affair. Just couldn't get a sequel.
Next time I'm looking to score, I'm gonna make sure I have plenty of Diet Mug Root Beer on hand.
Flick could be Mr. Rooney's love child.
This movie was hilarious but it definitely has its dark moments. The writing is really good. The way he played on her insecurities to break her down then build her up with compliments, while slipping in "beautiful" is so creepy.
As an adult re-watching it that scene is so different than I remembered. Especially when you realize he probably had been grooming her for three years. And when you realize how she didn't realize it absolutely was the need for a father figure that made her susceptible to it.
The Diet mug root beer is so fucking funny.
If she is playing Hodel, why is she singing Chava's part?
sha11235 that was super pedantic of you
Singing another student’s part is exactly what Tracy Flick would do.
@@jahmeliaware7643 I saw it in the list of errors for this film. Also, she didn't pronounce the name correctly.
@@sha11235 I'm lost?
I just posted the whole movie. Watch it quick before the audio gets disabled!
Hillary the early years
So so so very true. I came here to write that. Now you must strike what you wrote so that I may have my chance.
Outdoor Mirrorist lol, yeah you believe that
Brian Rosado
You're not getting away with this.
And Angela Merckel!!!
How original. Not like I see this on every single election movie clip.
Tracy Flick, easily one of the most despicable characters ever put to film. Flawless writing from Payne and Taylor.
Edgy take.
That baby cradle being there as Dave begins his seduction is just funny as hell.
Hey, sleeping with one of your high students is both immoral and unethical.
Apparently I'm the only person who ever noticed the inside joke on her name: Tracy Flick. The clue is in the capitalization, and if you pay close attention, her name is always spelled in all caps: TRACY FLICK.
Now, move the "ICK" a little bit left to where it connects with the "L." Get it?
Good actors. Reese Witherspoon is so versatile. And believable. Interestingly though, this clip makes me think about why some marriages don't work. Even though what the guy did was wrong, I was thinking, I hope my husband never feels that way.
6:43 ethics vs morals
Courtney (Total Drama) and Rachel Berry (Glee) was based off of Tracy Flick!
Rawan Uchiha Don't forget Paris Geller (Gilmore Girls).
Fabalocious Dee Never heard of her.
I went to that school where most of the scenes were shot in
Papillion high school
Dave was so strong, and made Tracy feel safe and protected..... but she DIDN'T need a father-figure in her...... life! 😉
😈😈😈
Still driving the old Mustang 😂
The relationship seems to have left Tracy Flick undamaged. In real life, she would have been utterly destroyed, with her ambitions derailed. She probably would have dropped out of high school.
I disagree - she wasn't just the usual high school female that would have been those things - rather she was also a sociopath - and it's that quality that makes her different.
There’s not much of her life shown before the affair so maybe she may have had somewhat of a different personality. I mean she may have been just ambitious but the grooming and after effects could have made her worst in that sense and she could have taken out her anger and rage via her ambitions.
Tracy comes from money and a mother with a powerful career.
Most likely she would've paid her way in life, cheated and walk on many to achieve her ambitious ( narcissistic) goals. Just look at many government officials and politicians since forever.
Dave's gaslighting of Tracy is incredibly executed. Sometimes it's difficult to tell when grooming is happening.
thank you very much
This is like seeing glee’s intro hahahahaha with Rachel Berry
I love that sista in Fiddla on the Roof lmao
Total drama Was right country is baisc hispanic or asain version of tracy
Weird question, but did Linda know that Jim knew about Dave's affair with Tracy before it was revealed?
I would say no, at least not until Dave had to admit why he got fired from teaching. Jim wouldn't rat on his best friend, even though Jim knew it was wrong in the first place. He even gave him disappointed eyes in the office with the principal.
3:03 she's not an adult
She's a minor
And she cannot consent
and to think that these things happen all the time🤣
Every high school has a Tracy Flick or two.
Also, Tracey mispronounced her character's name.
Would’ve been something to see a crossover with Elle Woods meets Tracy Flick
I don't think that Mr. Novotny had the right to ask Tracy about her not having any Friends. Too me that's too personal. She knew deep in her heart she didn't have any Friends because she wasn't a nice person. Too ruthless and ambitious. I'm glad she got Shade thrown at her in the Dorm at Georgetown. Hard to believe it was the Home of the burgeoning Grunge Movement, Starbucks, and 50 Shades of Grey
Notice at the end of the movie, she mentioned that everyone signed Paul's yearbook and barely anyone signed hers? That's telling right there. She spent the better part of her time in Carver High volunteering for every activity under the sun just to build up her resume for college. She has no friends because she's mean to everyone and only cares about climbing up the mountain and looking down at all the undesirables. If she took the time to make friends and have fun every once in a while, maybe people would like her.
@@American-Zero Uh huh! If I were a College Admissions Officer I wouldn't take her. Too ruthless, ambitious, would do anything to claw her way to the top. I lived for getting My Yearbook Signed and Signing Folks. Another problem, is that her Mother was a "Stage Mother". Novotny co incidentally was the Last Name of Michael on Queer As Folk (US).
@@laminage Really? I didn't know that. Anyways yeah, I don't think I'd take her either. The whole movie she showed that she was selfish, self righteous, narcissistic and at times a horrible person to be around. Her being a social climber is one of the reasons Jim didn't want her to become Student Body President. It doesn't help that her Mom is one of those stage moms who tried to live her failed dreams of success through her daughter...even going as far to sue the school if word got out about her affair with Novotny. If I knew someone like Tracy in High School, I wouldn't want to be around her.
@@American-Zero Yep! I remember watching Popstars in 2001 where there was a Young Lady whose Mother thought she was gooing to be the next big thing and they didn't take her and her Mother was shocked. When they did a Documentary about Popstars all over the world, there was a Mother who would go to every audition.
@@laminage Oh my God, you think that's bad..check out dance Moms. Those little kids are like trained seals, all of them are being pushed by their overbearing mother. They demand for them to try harder and scold them when they don't meet their standards. Showbiz Moms are the worst..they try and live vicariously through their daughters. Mama June did it with Honey Boo Boo, Kris Jenner did it with her daughters..so many Moms trying to follow their failed dreams through their kids.
does anyone know how to repost this without them blocking it?
Your “teacher” creepy AF 🤣🤣 6:54
Most of the scenes were in the school I went to
OMG HAHAHAHA! I thought the person who posted this posted Ferris Bueller at first. Anyone else?
Tracy flick are Rachel Berry wkwkkwk
I agree! I would just repost the whole bloody clip again under a different account.
This is called good script writing.. we need good scripts again
Brutal
@muffingirl1606 DID and psychopathy are two completely different things...
LightningLazer96 Exactly, I don’t know what she was talking about.
1:47 lmao an interesting fact that says No!!! she doesn't have to work hard to get to the top lmao
Tracy Flick was the High school version of a Karen!
On a side note. I knew and hated girls like her in school! Reese was so believable in this role. She killed it.
I agree. Reese Witherspoon was incredible in this movie. She really made me hate her as Tracy Flick. But that is a compliment as she was really great at that role.
Why do you hate Tracy? Karen? Older teacher preyed on her..
Why i feel this basic Courtney from total drama island movie would be like.
@catperson945 i think you might be referring to her chin.. it really does resemble Beavis's chin..
@1:48 MILOS!
Again. I would commit a war crime for this fictional character.
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