Comedy

Napoleon Dynamite

- He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

Release Date : 2004-06-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Access FilmsNapoleon Pictures LimitedCinetic MediaParamount PicturesFox Searchlight PicturesMTV Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Napoleon Dynamite

Original Name : Jon Heder

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pedro Sanchez

Original Name : Efren Ramirez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Deb

Original Name : Tina Majorino

Gender : Female

Character Name : Kip Dynamite

Original Name : Aaron Ruell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Uncle Rico

Original Name : Jon Gries

Gender : Male

Character Name : Summer

Original Name : Haylie Duff

Gender : Female

Character Name : Trisha

Original Name : Emily Kennard Dunn

Gender : Female

Character Name : LaFawnduh

Original Name : Shondrella Avery

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandma

Original Name : Sandy Martin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rex

Original Name : Diedrich Bader

Gender : Male

Character Name : Starla

Original Name : Carmen Brady

Gender : Male

Character Name : Don

Original Name : Trevor Snarr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ilene

Original Name : Ellen Dubin

Gender : Female

Character Name : School Kid

Original Name : Samantha Marsden

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-01-31

Jon Heder is the eponymous high school student who lives with his brother "Kip" (Aaron Ruell) at the home of his grandmother (Sandy Martin). Now she's a bit of a game girl and manages to come off her buggy whilst racing in the sand dunes and so their womanising tupperware salesman uncle "Rico" (Jon Gries) turns up to provide them with steak and keep them in check. "Kip" has fallen madly in love with a girl he met on the internet; his sibling - a bit of a geeky loner - alights on school newbie "Pedro" (Efren Ramirez) whom he decides to help defeat the school sweetheart "Summer" (Haylie Duff) to the prestigious class presidency. This is a little bit on the edgier side of the frequently saccharine-filled MTV movies, and Heder is actually quite good as the drippy but quite switched-on young man increasingly infatuated with "Deb" (Tina Majorino) - whose hair appears to grow at right angles from her skull! There are a few titters to be had, but I fear this hasn't aged especially well and for those non-Americans amongst us, the humour has pretty much evaporated into a series of predicable skits and characterisations that possibly challenged convention twenty years ago, but fall pretty flat in 2024. It passes ninety minutes easily enough with a soundtrack to elicit a nice dose of nostalgia for Alphaville, Cyndi Lauper and even the "A-Team" but I doubt I'd watch it again.

portman123

@portman123

2024-03-19

Original, unique, bizarre, hilarious! * I love all the whacky and authentic and heartwarming characters from this movie. * I think it has a kind of bedroom pop vibe to it. Alot of bedroom pop music videos look and feel similar with the fashion and ideas they riff on. * I love the environment they're in. Wide open, sparse midwestern town. The American landscape is big and cool. * This movie is a brilliant example that art doesn't need a huge budget to transcend mediocrity.