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Napoleon Dynamite

2004

Jared Hess

Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell ...

6.2

10,225

Comedy Preston, Idaho's most curious resident, Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), lives with his grandma and his 31-year-old brother (who cruises chat rooms for ladies) and works to help his best friend, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), snatch the Student Body President title from mean teen Summer Wheatley (Haylie Duff).

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"There is a kind of studied stupidity that sometimes passes as humor, and Jared Hess' 'Napoleon Dynamite' pushes it as far as it can go (...) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"
		William Thomas Empire	"As long as you don't mind making fun of the afflicted, there are some killer comic moments (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		A. O. Scott The New York Times	"Hess turns his meandering assembly of quiet observations and slapstick inventions into an unconvincingly uplifting fairy tale."
		Desson Thomson The Washington Post	"You find yourself laughing at Napoleon's antics but you're definitely rooting for him. Ultimately, you realize, he's cooler than everyone."
		Lou Lumenick New York Post	"A little movie with a lot of heart and a lot of laughs."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Hess and his terrific cast — Heder is geek perfection — make their own kind of deadpan hilarity. You'll laugh till it hurts (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Todd McCarthy Variety	"There are lots of laughs for those who enjoy the sight of bottom dwellers doing stupid things that make them look even more idiotic"

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