Re-Election (film)

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Re-Election
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Directed by Adam Saunders
Written byAdam Saunders
Produced byAdam Saunders
Mac Hendrickson
Erika Hampson
StarringAdam Saunders
Tony Danza
Bex Taylor-Klaus
Lane Factor
Nathalie Kelley
Patty Guggenheim
Kym Whitley
Rizwan Manji
William Ragsdale
Release date
  • 2025 (2025)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Re-Election is a 2025 American comedy film starring Adam Saunders. [1] [2]

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Plot

Jimmy Bauer, a high school dropout who quit school after losing the election for senior class president to a classmate who went on to become the governor of Texas, is now working a dead-end job for his father, Stanislaw, and decides to return to his old alma mater to run for class president again in his forties.

Film mission statement

Re-Election director and star Adam Saunders has said about the film, "In this deeply polarized political landscape, I wanted to make a fun, heartfelt, throwback political comedy — the kind of movie I loved growing up in Texas — that could be enjoyed by both sides of the political aisle. It’s a story about empathy, and personal responsibility, and how the stories we tell ourselves are the ones that shape our lives." [3]

Critical reception

Dallas Observer , "That tonal balance is perhaps Saunders’ greatest achievement in Re-Election. He distributes his weight as writer, producer, director and actor by fully committing to each in turn instead of halfheartedly committing to them all simultaneously. In front of the camera, he is only thinking about acting. Behind it, he is fully focused on directing his actors." [4]

Houston Press , "What sounds like a broad comedy is actually something deeper — a story about personal agency and the lies we tell ourselves about fate." [5]

References

  1. "Re-Election". Backstage . 2023.
  2. Grobar, Matt (March 31, 2023). "Tony Danza & Bex Taylor-Klaus To Star Opposite Adam Saunders In His Indie Comedy 'Re-Election'". Deadline Hollywood .
  3. London, Rob (September 4, 2025). "Tony Danza and Adam Saunders Team Up for Hilarious High School Comedy in First 'Re-Election' Trailer [Exclusive]". Collider .
  4. Zook, Austin (October 17, 2025). "Filmmaker Adam Saunders Returns to High School in Political Comedy, Re-Election". Dallas Observer .
  5. Gilmore, Brad (October 9, 2025). "Tony Danza and Adam Saunders Go Back to Class in Re-Election: If you could go back, would you?". Houston Press .