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64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 36 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 503 Ratings

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  • Starring: Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Jon Heder
  • Summary: From Preston, Idaho comes Napoleon Dynamite (Heder), a new kind of hero complete with a tight red 'fro, some sweet moon boots and skills that can't be topped. (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 36
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 36
  3. Negative: 2 out of 36
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    90
    The cast playing these eccentric characters is magnificent...This is definitely one of the most unique comedies you’ll see all year.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Helen O'Hara
    60
    As long as you don't mind making fun of the afflicted, there are some killer comic moments.
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    There is a kind of studied stupidity that sometimes passes as humor, and Jared Hess' Napoleon Dynamite pushes it as far as it can go.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 288 out of 366
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 366
  3. Negative: 64 out of 366
  1. grandpajoe6191
    6
    The movie's decent, that's all.
    • 3 of 5 users said yes
  2. ElsieC.
    4
    I just don't understand all the hype. I didn't laugh once.
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  3. MannyC.
    2
    What gets me is how this thing killed at Sundance?!? What a terrible, unnessessary, boring self-degrading film. Jared Hess is a loser, Jon Heder is a loser and will never act again. Cheap, unapolagetic writing; sorry and tired sight gags. Tim P. gave this a ten "becasue were all dorks". Tim even dorks need a plot, and a reason to be dorks. Dorks also need a supporting cast and something better to do than help Mexican dorks. We're all dorks, but were all not Napoleon Dynamite, and we all dont concern ourselves with sorry talk show guests of people, and while we all may be dorks, my and probably even your movie wouldnt suck as much as this one does. … Expand
    • 4 of 6 users said yes

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