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It's hard to run for office - even in high school. And the campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant, perhaps the most prestigious public high school in the country, is almost as sophisticated as any presidential election. Candidates must choose running mates, navigate primaries, write political platforms, perform in televised debates, shake as many hands as possible, and win newspaper endorsements. But unlike presidential candidates, they also have to do their homewo... (Full plot summary below)

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It's hard to run for office - even in high school. And the campaign for student body president at Stuyvesant, perhaps the most prestigious public high school in the country, is almost as sophisticated as any presidential election. Candidates must choose running mates, navigate primaries, write political platforms, perform in televised debates, shake as many hands as possible, and win newspaper endorsements. But unlike presidential candidates, they also have to do their homework, take their SATs and write their college applications. FRONTRUNNERS follows the recent elections at the country's most competitive high school, exploring how politics works at a nascent level. As the race unfolds, it takes on undertones familiar to anyone who has watched a national election -- revealing that teenagers have an implicit understanding of how strategy, race, gender, personality, platforms, charisma, and hairstyle figure into a winning campaign.

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San Francisco Chronicle - 10/10 by Reyhan HarmanciThe film sets just the right tone: with inventive music choices and wonderfully piquant moments plucked from what must have been hundreds of hours of footage, Frontrunners is consistently entertaining.
Film Threat - 9/10 by Mark BellIf FrontRunners doesn't teach you something about politics, at least it will entertain you.
eFilmCritic.com - 9/10 by Erik ChildressA portrait of insulated America, FrontRunners is a political documentary that for a change doesn't pit left vs. right and invites all partisan followers to enjoy.
Christian Science Monitor - 9/10 by Peter RainerLike all too many docs these days, it chronicles a contest while caricaturing the contestants.
Filmcritic.com - 9/10 by Paul Brenneran ebullient celebration of the arcane democratic impulse in this country
ComingSoon.net - 8/10 by Edward DouglasA simply-made yet entertaining doc that has a similar appeal as Alexander Payne's Election while following in the vein of docs like American Teen and Spellbound.
New York Post - 8/10 by V.A. MusettoThe only thing missing is the mud that the big boys love to sling. But the Stuyvesant candidates are kids - give them a few years.
Philadelphia Inquirer - 8/10 by Steven ReaSure, it's a skewed view through adolescent eyes, but it's one that still speaks to the aspirations, agendas, image-making and spin control behind a real, grown-up political election.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Gary GoldsteinPerhaps it's the bright, decent, appealing kids seen here, or just the idyllic portrait Suh paints of student life at Manhattan's prestigious Stuyvesant High School that gives the picture its charm.
Entertainment Weekly - 7/10 by Lisa SchwarzbaumThis is no real-life comedy à la "Election" -- more like a valuable, teen-scaled version of the presidential election that currently obsesses us.

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