Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

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.

Napoleon Dynamite is admittedly an acquired taste and I aquired it! The reviews for this movie SHOULD be wildly inconsistent because that's the kind of movie it is. Those viewers who appreciated this film will be heartened to know that it has had staying power. The original production budget was $400,000. The lifetime gross for this movie is now over $46 million. I find myself watching it every time it reappears; it is currently on HBO. For me, Napoleon Dynamite never gets old.

Ppl who give this flick high stars - "what is wrong with you, you fricking IDIOTS, GOSH!". The movie : a bunch of dopey idiots doing completely random and idiotic things in some Kafkaesque rural town in Idaho brought to you by high school drama club. Movie is made in 2004, and school ID implies 2004, but it feels like the movie is set in 80s, with Kip spending time chatting in a computer which kind of places it in the 90s. I guess the props obtained from Goodwill or garage sale lend themselves to anachronisms. Want to watch a "cult flick"? Watch "Ghost town" or "Clerks".

Despite it being called a cult classic I just don't get the hype the main character is a slovenly cliché portrayal of teenagers. He lacks the likability of other socialy awkward teens in the movies such as Greg Heffly from Diary Of AWimpy Kid. Greg made me want to route for him, something Napoleon failed to do. There was nothing likable or engaging about Napoleons character. Which is why I couldn't even finish watching this movie.