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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HEDER,JON
EAN: 0024543143925
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 21, 2004
Running Time: 95 minutes
Sales Rank: 520
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: August 27, 2004
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
A high school outcast throws caution to the wind to help his new friend get elected class president.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG
Release Date: 2-AUG-2006
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
As deadpan comedies go, Napoleon Dynamite stands in a class all its own. Played by John Heder, the title character is (in the words of critic Roger Ebert) 'the kind of nerd other nerds avoid,' a mouth-breathing dweeb with a mangy nest of orange hair, and ungainly features that suggest a perpetual state of half-conscious depression. He lives in Preston, Idaho (former home of 24-year-old director Jared Hess) with his thrill-seeking grandma and 32-year-old brother, and his days at high school consist mostly of being abused or ignored by indifferent classmates. Napoleon's sad-sack story doesn't offer the scathing, impassioned humor of Welcome to the Dollhouse because Hess (who cowrote the nearly plotless screenplay with his wife, Jerusha) doesn't have an angst-ridden axe to grind. Instead, the comedy (which exists in a tacky universe of worn-out rural suburbia) is so low-key that some will find it difficult to laugh, while others (i.e., those who feel superior to Napoleon) will have plenty of fun at Napoleon's expense. The result is a curiously uneven film, hilarious at times, but hampered by its own sense of affectionate mockery. An audience favorite at the Sundance film festival, Napoleon Dynamite may not be entirely lovable, but it's definitely unique. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - All-time top five!
This movie is my one of my favorites! I still laugh when I watch it, even though I've seen it about ten times. It's funny and hysterical, and any kid understands it. My mom and I love the actor who plays Napoleon... he's soooo funny! The rest of my family and I will watch for hours, including the deleted scenes and what not. There really is no plot, but the story is funny. This is definately worth buying if your in the mood for a humorous film!
Rating: - Blow Nessie Out of the Water...
Okay, I think it's obvious from the reviews of this film that people have very different ideas about humor. I think the people who do not "get" this film, just do not understand subtle humor. They are more used to mainstream comedy. As for me--I enjoyed every single moment! I did not think it "plotless"--I think it said exactly what it meant to say, and I think the intended message was: even misfits can triumph. Pure and simple. I don't understand why everyone seems to need to use the word "nerd" ... Read More
Rating: - Super funny
This is one of the funniest movies of all time...couldn't find it anywhere but Amazon had it! Thanks
Rating: - Only the best movie with the most powerful wizard powers ever!!!
See this movie twice. The first time you might sort of get annoyed by it, but it will grow on you. Then see it a second time, and you might just laugh and cry. I did. And I NEVER CRY in a movie. It's just so sweet and innocent and wonderful. Every time I see Napoleon's female friend, I get choked up. And Pedro, too, to a lesser extent.
Oh, there's an ending after the credits, so check it out. It's well worth it.
This movie is adorable, in an age of, shall I say, un-adorable, ... Read More
Rating: - Sweet
Nearly a quarter of the reviews at this juncture rate Napoleon Dynamite as one star or, if possible, lower. As if to emphasize their displeasure, plenty of these reviewers attempt to educate those of us who do like this movie why we are foolish to like it, why it is such a colossal waste of time, why it is so boring, why it is not funny, etc., etc., etc. I am touched and flattered that you have come down from on high to offer your help in curing me of my poor taste. I can't thank you enough. Please order ... Read More
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