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Napoleon Dynamite | 
 enlarge | Director: Jared Hess
Actors: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Category: Movie
Buy New: $9.99
Rating:  1386 reviews
Sales Rank: 833
Genre: Art House
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 95 Minutes
ASIN: B000I9U972
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 2004
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Synopsis:
From the rural town of Preston, Idaho, comes Napoleon Dynamite. With a red 'fro, his moon boots, and illegal government ninja moves, he is a new kind of hero. His family consists of fragile brother Kip, who's seeking his soulmate in online chat rooms; Uncle Rico, who is stuck in his "glory" days of high school football; and Grandma, who enjoys going out to the dunes on her quad-runner. Napoleon spends his days drawing magical beasts, working on his computer hacking skills to impress the chicks, and begrudgingly feeding his Grandma's pet llama. When his friend Pedro decides to run for class president, it is Napoleon to the rescue to help him triumph over adversity. |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1381 more reviews...
 Loved and hated December 25, 2008
Wilbur Hoflich (Singapore)
Wow, blast to the past. Jon Feder in this movie reminds me a lot of one of my ex-colleagues (in a good way), which makes watching this quite strange. Napoleon's eccentricities are all so amazingly weird that by the time we get to the end we're really truly relived to see his transformation - and my jaw nearly dropped when I saw it achieved. Skits tied together don't always turn out well, but this little film sort of has what it takes to stretch out to full length. My own high school experience was more like Napoleon Dynamite than other films like American Pie (good grief). The internet romance between Kip and Lafawnduh is a bit unlikely, as is the weirdness of "Uncle Rico" being Napoleon's guardian (Jon Heder was 27 when Napoleon Dynamite was filmed) is a stretch, but it's all in good fun. Vote Pedro!
 1.5 stars out of 4 December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Bottom Line:
Perhaps the dumbest movie to receive mainstream appreciation, Napoleon Dynamite not only features not plot but no humor--the audience is instead expected to laugh at constant repitions of the word "gosh" and Napoleon's uncle eating lots of steak...how funny.
Napoleon December 10, 2008
Jabberina (Talk of The Town Trailer Estates Park)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After watching this movie with my hubby this movie was a totally eye opener since we both have been trying to expand our family ...this movie helped me understand what teenager are going through today ...their struggles and whats on their mind ...and napoleon wow a handsome young man i hopr my are as handsome and polite as he is .....LOVEd IT
It grows on you November 16, 2008
Bee On Thyme (Midwest, USA)
I am a high school teacher, that being said, I decided on the last day of
school that as a treat we would watch a movie. I borrowed Napoleon Dynamite from my brothers vast DVD collection. I had no idea what the movie was about but my students told me it was funny. I looked it up on IMDB to see its rating. It is PG because of the word "piss" and a man selling breast enlargement pills. Pretty tame stuff in this day and age.
I watched it three times in one day. The first viewing I was confused...it did not seem that funny. The second and third time I watched it I just laughed and laughed through out the whole movie.
It grows on you, and you will find yourself laughing about lines from the movie at odd times through out your life.
I do recommend this movie. It is just SWEET, in every sense of the word.
 not a comedy at all, but worth watching at least once November 1, 2008
Smart Guy (Sillicon Valley)
well, this movie was entertaning for me, meanwhile it was slow but not boring
if you are sick and tired of movies packed with special features, super heroes, and unrealisitic stories of wizards or aliens invading our planet, then this is the timne to give yourself a break and watch a movie of a nerd going to school in idaho
at least you can think this could really happen somewhere in real world,
If you haven't seen this movie yet, i would say give it a try, but don't expect anything extraordinary
hope it helped
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