Elections Day
A chaotic radio crew races across the Volga region to manufacture a winning gubernatorial campaign before the clock runs out.
Overview
A chaotic week of radio antics leads to unexpected hilarity as a team of spin doctors tries to sway an election.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- witty
- irreverent
- energetic
- group movie night
- political satire marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film talented, funny, relevant, and formally effective, while noting that its political strategy is less substantial than its comic execution.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The radio team's weeklong effort to promote a gubernatorial candidate exposes the comic contradictions of campaign politics.
The amateur spin doctors have only one week to organize the campaign before election day.
The four As If Radio staff members are played as a tightly coordinated group whose competing personalities drive the humor.
The protagonists operate through a radio station while staging promotional activity for a local election campaign.
Films like Elections Day, and why
The Campaign
ensemble workplace comedy built around chaotic political maneuvering and rapid-fire banter
Wag the Dog
sharp electoral satire combining comic incompetence, media manipulation, and ensemble farce
In the Loop
political comedy driven by campaign strategy, public image, and escalating absurdity
Movie Details
- Director
- Oleg Fomin
- Release Date
- 2007-10-18
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (129)
Cast
- Leonid Barats
- Rostislav Khait
- Aleksandr Demidov
- Kamil Larin
- Maksim Vitorgan
- Nonna Grishaeva
- Elena Knyazeva
- Anna Azarova
- Mikhail Efremov
- Evgeniy Steblov
Common questions
- What is Elections Day about?
- A chaotic radio crew races across the Volga region to manufacture a winning gubernatorial campaign before the clock runs out.
- What is Elections Day like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Elections Day as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Elections Day violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Elections Day.
- What did critics think of Elections Day?
- Critics broadly found the film talented, funny, relevant, and formally effective, while noting that its political strategy is less substantial than its comic execution.
- Which films are like Elections Day?
- Films with a similar feel include The Campaign, Wag the Dog, and In the Loop.
- How long is Elections Day?
- Elections Day runs 122 minutes.
