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Napoleon Dynamite

November 3, 2004

Napoleon Dynamite
Starring: No one you know.

Why is becoming such a cult movie? It was not funny at all. Napoleon was annoying and so was his brother. I did like Pedro and Deb (and I have to mention that I went to a Halloween party this year and two people were dressed as Napoleon and Deb and it was genius) but the movie kind of sucked. You could tell the actors were trying way too hard to be funny and it came off as stilted and irritating. I must say the birthday party of 13 year-old boys loved it. They thought it was hysterical when Napoleon's grandmother flew over a dune on her ATV and fell off or when Napoleon flailed around like a moron and made a face or pulled tater tots out of his pants pocket and ate them. The movie was tedious and absurd and basically sucked. It's not even worth me complaining about it because I don't want to devote any more thought to this overblown, over rated piece of chum.

My Grade: D+

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