Emma Mackey leads the cast of Ella McCay , a political comedy from Oscar winner James L Brooks that's been hailed as "refreshingly hopeful" in first reactions.

The Sex Education star plays the titular character, an idealistic 34-year-old lieutenant governor of an unnamed US state who takes the job once her mentor, the state's incumbent governor, takes a position in the Obama administration.

Written, directed and producer by Brooks — who co-created The Simpsons and directed 1983 crowdpleaser Terms of Endearment , among others — the film sees Ella juggle career and her family life when her estranged dad Eddie (Woody Harrelson) gets back into the picture.

Mackey and Harrelson are joined by a stacked ensemble, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jack Lowden starring as aunt Helen and Ella's h

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