Napoleon Dynamite

4.25
    Napoleon Dynamite
    2004

    Synopsis

    A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

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    Cast

    • Jon HederNapoleon Dynamite
    • Efren RamirezPedro Sanchez
    • Tina MajorinoDeb
    • Aaron RuellKip Dynamite
    • Jon GriesUncle Rico
    • Haylie DuffSummer
    • Emily Kennard DunnTrisha
    • Shondrella AveryLaFawnduh
    • Sandy MartinGrandma
    • Diedrich BaderRex

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Film Threat

      The cast playing these eccentric characters is magnificent...This is definitely one of the most unique comedies you’ll see all year.
    • 80

      Village Voice

      Thrusts us into a high school senior year like no other.
    • 75

      Rolling Stone

      Hess and his terrific cast -- Heder is geek perfection -- make their own kind of deadpan hilarity. You'll laugh till it hurts. Sweet.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      There's plenty of humor in the film, but the movie is often a little uncomfortable to watch, and Napoleon is not an easy guy to like. Rooting for him takes effort.
    • 70

      Variety

      An absurdist piece about a rural community of clueless cretins who careen through life like poorly played pinballs, Napoleon Dynamite represents the definition of the comedy of condescension and ridicule.
    • 60

      The A.V. Club

      Sure, it quickly turns into a one-note exercise in laughing at the yokels, but at least it has a vision.
    • 60

      The New York Times

      The performances, even those by trained actors like Mr. Ramirez and Ms. Majorino, have the hesitant, blinking opacity that some directors look for in nonprofessional casts. Their awkwardness is charming, and part of the point of the movie, but it also makes for some dull stretches and thwarts your ability to regard the characters with sympathy rather than mere curiosity.
    • 50

      The Hollywood Reporter

      A one-note, lightweight, condescending comedy about the rubes of Idaho.

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