Adam Saunders Heads Back to High School in Trailer for Nostalgic Comedy Re-Election

What if your high school heartbreak still haunted you 30 years later—so much so that you actually went back to finish what you started? That’s the hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt premise behind Re-Election, a new indie comedy from filmmaker Adam Saunders, who also stars as the emotionally stuck, class-president-hopeful Jimmy Bauer. Picturehouse just dropped the official trailer, and it’s giving off big ‘90s energy with a modern twist—and more than a few awkward adult flashbacks.

 

Billed as a “coming-of-middle-age” story, Re-Election riffs on the DNA of 1999’s Election but swaps high school angst for adult redemption. Jimmy once lost his high school class presidency in 1995 and—classic millennial crisis move—has never quite recovered. Now, pushing 40 and working at his dad’s memorabilia shop (run by none other than Tony Danza), Jimmy decides the only way to heal his teenage wound is to go back to school and finally win.

 

But 2025 isn’t 1995, and the student body has changed. The trailer teases generational culture clashes, TikTok-savvy teens, and cringeworthy attempts at "relating" to Gen Alpha. Yet Re-Election doesn’t just rely on jokes about aging and outdated slang. There’s genuine heart in Jimmy’s unlikely friendship with Noa (played by Bex Taylor-Klaus) and his rekindled connection with high school flame Ama, who’s not the same person she was in the yearbook.

 

Alongside Saunders and Danza, the film features a strong comedic cast including Kym Whitley and Rizwan Manji, rounding out a world that feels both ridiculously over-the-top and painfully familiar. If you’ve ever dreamed of rewriting your high school story—or realized too late that maybe it wasn’t worth rewriting at all—this one’s for you.

 

Re-Election is set to hit theaters on October 10, 2025, and promises the kind of indie charm, second chances, and awkward nostalgia that hits different when you’re no longer the teenager you used to be—but still haunted by the one you were.

 

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