Frontrunnersby Steve Ramos, Writer Audiences are the winners in the high school election doc ‘Frontrunners’ Political junkies suffering withdrawal since the Nov. 4 elections will find satisfaction in “Frontrunners,” director Caroline Suh’s easygoing and enjoyable documentary about student union president elections at New York City’s prestigious Stuyvesant High School. Good-natured talk about exercising one’s right to vote and the true role of elected students replace the hardcore social messages found in many political documentaries. “Frontrunners” which debuted in New York earlier this fall before expanding to select cities, is affable instead of edgy, fun loving instead of controversial. Its bright-eyed teen candidates, as wonderfully diverse as America gets, boosts the film to something special. Like all good human-interest stories, the characters are what matter most in “Frontrunners.” In this case, any political messages are far less important. Four tickets start out in the school primaries, led by Mike Zaytsev,...
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