Truly Dreadful Film

Purely Joyful Movie!

good back-story, and good acting

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

If you want a goofy movie with minimal plot, then this is your movie. When this movie first can't out, it seemed that college kids and high schoolers alike were really into this film. Perhaps it was due to the goofy characters and the thin plot line. The setting has the feel of the 80's or 90's. The wardrobe is pretty bland, but realistic for the characters. The one thing that I would have to say about this movie may have been an overlooked theme. This movie is about friendship. Napoleon is a geeky kid who seems to have no friends and is bullied. As the story progresses, he finds friendship and even a girlfriend. I think with this theme in mind that, it makes this film a bit more sweet.

An absolute pain to watch. I fast-forwarded to try and find a single scene worth watching. No luck.The message (if any) is not clear. The main characters are single-digit IQ students, hard to sympathise with them (unless the watcher is in the same situation, and in that case they may not understand the humour). Make no mistake, Forrest Gump this ain't.Typical American high school bullying is portrayed, with a twist: where in other movies jocks torment smart (or funny, or witty) yet socially inept schoolmates, here it's idiots against other (maybe even bigger) idiots.I didn't have the heart to watch it to the end to find if and how the inept lead character would prevail.Napoleon Dynamite brings sad and abused cliches to their limit, and beyond. The result is an appalling display of idiocy.Don't waste your time with this crap. Having your nails ripped would be a less painful experience.

It has been nearly 14 years since this film was released to the masses. I did not see it until 2015. It was on cable and I recorded it on my DVR, and it is one of the best indie films ever made. Since then, we've given up our DVR, and I didn't see it again until 2018, when I found it on HBO GO. It still goes down as a classic to me.10/10

To find this film funny, you have to have to understand the unique sense of humor that it utilizes. It doesn't have a real plot that the audience can follow, and that's because it the events that occur aren't actually all that interesting. What makes it a funny movie are the characters and their personalities. It's honestly a big risk to make, because there's no guarantee that the general public will enjoy this type of humor, and the producers are actually very lucky that enough people made it as big of a hit as it is. The humor used is a different and unique type of mood, all coming from one-liners and character traits. This is a movie that I personally quote all the time; every time I hear the name Tina I think of the llama, and whenever I see a tetherball I think of this movie. These aren't jokes that just anyone would find funny, but if you have a weird and quirky sense of humor, Napoleon and Pedro will be your best friends.