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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   71,219 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jared Hess (written by) and
Jerusha Hess (written by)
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Release Date:
27 August 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
10 wins & 18 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(179 articles)
Director Chris Bowman Offers Up a Slice of Humble Pie
 (From Beyond Hollywood. 11 November 2009, 11:57 AM, PST)

Catching Up With... Jared Hess
 (From PasteMagazine. 9 November 2009, 6:02 AM, PST)

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Not Realistic? more (1405 total)

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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements and language.
Runtime:
82 min | USA:86 min (Sundance Film Festival) | Canada:86 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG (certificate no. 40773) | Ireland:PG | Iceland:L | Germany:o.Al. | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/6 | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Québec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | South Africa:PG | New Zealand:PG | South Korea:15 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-7 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG
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Trivia:
Shot in 22 days. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The shotgun the farmer uses is reflected in the camera lens. It is reflected parallel to the bottom of the shotgun right before the shot is on bus load of kids. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Kid on Bus: What are you gonna do today, Napoleon?
Napoleon Dynamite: Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Paranoid Park (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Music for a Found Harmonium more

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239 out of 368 people found the following comment useful.
Not Realistic?, 27 January 2005
10/10
Author: death2steelers from United States

This movie is quite possibly the funniest movie ever. It doesn't have much of a storyline, but in this case, it doesn't matter. I keep reading reviews that say it isn't believable. Anyone who has attended High School in the last 10 years knows that this movie portrays exactly what it is like. Who doesn't know someone exactly like Napoleon? Or Pedro? Or Summer? Or Deb? Or Don? There are Napoleons, Pedros, Summers, Debs, and Dons in EVERY American High School. One of the funniest parts about this movie is that it IS so accurate. And who hasn't run across an internet geek like Kip? This movie is filled with jokes about our culture today. I haven't met one person yet who has seen it and not liked it. Talk about a cult classic in the making. The film uses witty humor, and a little goofy humor. It's the PERFECT film for light comedy. If you're into those kind of films that make you think a lot, this one definitely isn't for you. On the other hand, if you laugh at things like Napoleon getting psyched for a milk-testing contest, or lying about hunting wolverines in Alaska, exaggerating about his bow staff skills or his brother bragging about chatting online with "babes" all day, you can't go wrong. (10/10)

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