Napoleon Dynamite

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Jo B Understand this or not, for being a movie that is 20 years old, I wouldn't say it has fallen off in the slightest. Still has that awkward but funny charm that it did when it first came out in theaters. I will say though, if you have kids under the age of 13, this won't be a film to watch with them, mainly due to the films style of humor and because of that a younger demographic is going to have a difficult time understanding the films humor. This would also be the perfect movie to see with your partner on a date. Still holds up after 20 years, and is a timeless classic, 11/10. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review Paul C I still see Vote for Pedro shirts 15-yrs. later! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/10/25 Full Review Ryan F This movie has a very quiet beauty to it. It brings memories of small towns and the awkwardness which many high school movies neglect. What is great is although I did even just make the claim, this isn’t really much of a high school movie, in high school movies the high school itself is a huge factor but it really isnt, the factors are Rico comes and is a dick, Kip meets his girlfriend, napoleon makes friends. This movie is truly one of the greatest comedies and a must watch for people trying to get into non-linear and even art house films. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review DJ J Words cannot describe how much i love this film. my friend showed me it and the entire experience was just so pleasant, the entire joke is everyone is backward which s absolutely hilarious. I love Napoleon Dynamite so much this movie the literal Center of my existence. My life was so much better after watching this film. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/02/25 Full Review Edward S Words cannot describe how much I hate this movie. My friend forced me to watch it and the entire experience is just unpleasant. The entire joke is just everyone is awkward. Its not funny. I hate Napoleon Dynamite so much. This movie the the literal bane of my existence. My life is worse off after watching this movie. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/02/25 Full Review AJ F Painfully boring. The humor can be summarized as “this guy is awkward,” “ha, he got pushed into a locker,” “he said idiot in a funny voice” or “ha, he said something stupid.” All the punchlines are completely expected (e.g., he draws a bad picture of the girl that he asks to the dance). Between me and my girlfriend there were probably 4 laughs total. It’s really just people acting awkward and “humor” based on being weird/not in line with social norms (e.g., putting tater tots in his pocket - maybe in theory it’s funny, but watching it actually play out is just ehh). I generally think it’s funny to go against what people are expecting and it can be funny to be weird, but just being weird on its own is not funny unless there’s some substance. Even if it’s supposed to be a satire by over exaggerating life in a small town, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s funny. To be fair, I went in expecting a comedy so my grade is based on those expectations. Regardless, even without an expectation of comedy, the characters or the plot aren’t particularly interesting so it likely wouldn’t change that much if I had different expectations coming in. Different people enjoy different things, but this movie wasn’t for me. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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