A strange teen with a red afro and a strange taste in moon boots decides to help his mate in a school election.
Napoleon Dynamite is a high school Nerd who lives with his Gran and his equally Nerdy older brother Kip. When Napoleon's Gran is injured in an extreme sports accident, his slimey door to door salesman Uncle Rico comes to look after him and his brother.
Napoleon has no luck with the girls, but his only friend Pedro decides to run for class President and they both become interested in a local plain Jane who helps them with their campaign.
This is one of the funniest films I've seen for a long time. It doesn't mock Napoleon and his friends for being square, it shows that there's a personality behind every Geek.
I WANT TO GIVE THIS FILM 4 OUT OF 4 (MY HEART DOES, MY HEAD DOESN'T), BUT I'LL SETTLE ON VERY GOOD AND, IF YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT MOOD, IT'S ONE OF THE FUNNIEST FILMS OF THE YEAR.
JON HEDER GETS THE HEADLINES AS AN 80'S BOY STUCK IN AN 80'S TOWN ALTHOUGH THE CLUES ARE THERE THAT IT IS ACTUALLY CLOSER TO PRESENT DAY EVERYWHERE ELSE.
HEDER'S PERFORMANCE IS BRILLIANT - HE IS UNLIKEABLE IN MANY WAYS BUT IT SOON SHINES THROUGH THAT THIS IS AS A RESULT OF HIS OWN AWKWARDNESS AND THE TREATMENT HE RECEIVES FROM OTHERS.
I DEFY ANYONE TO NOT CONNECT WITH THE THINGS NAPOLEON DOES. WHETHER IT'S PRACTICING DANCING IN HIS OWN ROOM, THROWING PAINFUL COMPLIMENTS AT GIRLS OR AIMING A PRETEND KICK AT THE BULLY BEHIND HIS BACK - WE'VE BEEN THERE AND SO WE CONNECT AND BEGIN TO WARM TO THE CHARACTER.
THE FILM IS PERHAPS A LITTLE TOO INSULAR FOR MANY ANS THAT STOPS ME GIVING IT TOP MARKS. FOR ME THOUGH, I FOUND IT TO BE GREAT FUN AND WATCH IT WHENEVER I GET THE OPPORTUNITY.
IF YOU'VE EVER FELT LIKE YOU DON'T 'FIT IN', THEN FEED YOUR PET LLAMA, KICK YOUR PIMPIN' BRO'S A$$, CRIPPLE A RELATIVE, VOTE FOR A HISPANIC AND GRAB YOUR DANCING SHOES - THIS FILM IS FOR YOU!!!
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. Jared Hess makes an unforgettable directorial debut with NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, a hilarious, tender, and original portrait of a truly eccentric character. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is a high-school outcast in every sense of the word. More interested in playing tetherball by himself and drawing pictures of his favourite animal, the 'liger' (a combination of a lion and a tiger), Napoleon is ignored by everyone in his tiny hometown of Preston, Idaho. At home, things aren't much better. His uber-nerd older brother Kip (Aaron Ruell) and ultra-vain Uncle Rico (Jon Gries) are too busy with their own obsessions to give Napoleon the time of day. It isn't until a new student, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), arrives that Napoleon finds friendship and performs an act of brave defiance that makes him a true hero. Written by Hess and his wife Jerusha, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE brilliantly captures the awkwardness of high school without succumbing to condescension. Most of this can be attributed to Heder, who steps into Napoleon's moon boots with a jaw-dropping flawlessness. The rest of the cast is just as natural, underplaying their roles and letting the comedy unfold without forcing any of the jokes. Add a hilarious soundtrack of 1980s hits and you have an instant classic, a crowd-pleasing riot that has an undeniably universal appeal.
Cult American comedy directed and written by Jared Hess. In Preston, Idaho, the High School is launching the elections for class president. Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) is the school geek, brutalised by the jocks, stuck living with an eccentric grandmother and an internet-obsessed older brother, and best friends with the newest kid in class, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), a Mexican immigrant. Napoleon conceives the idea of getting Pedro to run for class president, and he's prepared to use any means necessary to win against evil teen-queen Summer Wheatly (Haylie Duff).
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