Directed by: Jared Hess
Written by: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
Starring cast: John Heder (Napoleon Dynamite)
Supporting cast: Efren Ramirez (Pedro), Aaron Ruell (Kip), Tina Majorino (Deb), John Gries (Uncle Rico)
What’s it rated?: PG for thematic elements and language (I’d say PG-13 for language, crude humor, and sensuality)
Genre: Comedy, School
Synopsis: 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.
My Take: Okay, so it’s like this: everyone I’ve ever asked about this movie says either that it’s the funniest movie ever made, or that it’s the stupidest movie ever made. I wouldn’t put myself under either of those extremes, but I’m definitely leaning towards the “stupid” option. The characters had a lot of potential, but the story and some of the support acting didn’t do justice to a potentially okay film.
I do have to give credit where credit is due though, it wasn’t all bad. Some of Napoleon’s mannerism are pretty funny, and the “scattered” film style was actually able to pull the extremely weak story a little higher in my opinion from slime-covered-public-school-vehicle to the slightly higher kinda-quirky-story-that-you-kinda-don’t want-to-hear-more-than-once.
Anyway, to wrap up, I would say if you have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE TO WATCH, you may, maybe have a small, teeny, tiny reason to watch this generally stupid movie.
Story: weak, bland, simple, 3 out of 10
Humor: Okay in places, stupid in others, 5 out of 10
Action/Suspense: Big time N/A
Overall: pretty dumb, 3-4 out of 10
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