One or my favourite political films, in its own weird way. Very early Alexander Payne, with so much promise of things to come. I forgot how funny that first freeze-frame on Witherspoon is, proper laugh from me on that this time. The narration really does work, to be fair, in a way it often doesn’t. Provides a proper counterpoint to what’s on screen. Is there a thinkpiece to be written about this presaging the 2000 election? Probably! It is going to be written by me? Wouldn’t think so!