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Capsule review: ‘FrontRunners’
Former Bill Clinton strategist Dick Morris might have called it “the hardest race” he ever fought, but running for student union president at New York’s elite Stuyvesant High doesn’t appear to be all that grueling today. The doc “FrontRunners” hopes for drama but finds little beyond the fact that one or two of the four teenage contenders are willing to stand for hours to hand out campaign fliers. (Admittedly, this election system — which involves a primary, a televised debate, and competition for the student newspaper’s endorsement — puts those in most schools to shame.) There’s really only one interesting character in the film: George Zisiadis, a likeably awkward kid with a slick ‘do and a fondness for polysyllabic words that he hasn’t quite mastered, may elicit condescending snickers from his running mate but is destined for great things once he fully escapes adolescence.
9 p.m. Monday, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Friday at Austin Convention Center
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