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Napoleon Dynamite (2004) 6.9
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Reviews: 1,451 user | 220 critic | 36 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Jared Hess |
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J.C. Cunningham | ... |
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Preston, Idaho's most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite, lives with his grandma and his 32-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro, snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley. Written by Anonymous
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He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove. See more »Genres:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 August 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bus otoko See more »Box Office
Budget:
$400,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$116,666 (USA) (11 June 2004)Gross:
$44,540,956 (USA) (4 February 2005)Company Credits
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Kid on Bus: What are you gonna do today, Napoleon?
Napoleon Dynamite: Whatever I feel like I wanna do. Gosh!
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(uncredited)
Written by Roger Troutman
Performed by Zapp
Courtesy of Warner Bros.
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Despite playing high-school students, Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez were, respectively, 27 and 31 when this movie was made. See more »Goofs
When Napoleon is about to throw the "Vote for Summer" button, the girl coming down the stairs disappears, then reappears as Napoleon throws the button. See 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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Crazy Credits
All the items, food or otherwise, used in the credits appear at some point in the movie, e.g. Napoleon's chap-stick, Uncle Rico's steak, etc. See more »Soundtracks
So Ruff, So Tuff(uncredited)
Written by Roger Troutman
Performed by Zapp
Courtesy of Warner Bros.
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The love/hate reactions I've seen do not surprise me at all. This movie is very different, it's own style... and it is PURE GENIUS. But it's definitely not for everyone... you have to back off and understand the mood and general feel of the movie before you have the context to find the actions of the characters funny. Then you will "get it". And what is this context I'm referring to? This movie explores the very essence of boredom and mediocrity as you follow the daily life of a dorky guy doing uninteresting things in a small, unexciting town. Napolean's constant, open-mouth, blank stare says, "I'm only tolerating this monotonous existence because I've got nothing better to do." It took me about 15 minutes into the movie and then I GOT it. The movie has no real plot because it isn't about an interesting story, it's about the real life that exists BETWEEN the interesting stories. Ever call up your bud because you're bored, then talk about what you're not doing, then decide to get together and be bored together, and spend the remainder of the evening trying to think of something to do to no avail? This movie is about this very type of thing... a tribute to the ordinary every-day stuff that you have no reason or desire to remember... like eating reheated leftover Hamburger Helper, or that old shirt you wear when you're working that you're not afraid to get dirty, or some magazine you flipped through to pass the time in the dentist's waiting room.
I constantly found myself saying, "This all seems too strangely familiar. I knew a guy like that. I've done stuff like that. I've been to a store like that. I've been in a house like that." This isn't the kind of movie to make you suddenly laugh out loud, it's a movie that will first make you chuckle, and then chuckle some more, and pretty soon you can't stop laughing as scenes and characters continuously remind you about the absurdity of watching random, stupid pointlessness. Why would something boring be interesting to watch? You'll just have to see it to understand.