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Napoleon Dynamite: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 15, 2012
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
46 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 22 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.3 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 40 Ratings

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10 out of 10
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  • Summary: The animated comedy is based on the 2004 movie, with Jon Heder reprising his role as Napoleon.
  • Genre(s): Animation

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 22
  3. Negative: 10 out of 22
  1. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    Jan 13, 2012
    80
    The TV series picks up perfectly where the movie left off, adding spice along the way.
  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mary McNamara
    Jan 13, 2012
    60
    This Napoleon Dynamite is all go, go, go, racing, if nothing else, to keep pace with the host of other animated prime-time shows it joins.
  3. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Jan 13, 2012
    38
    It's still not funny. [23 Jan 2012, p.42]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 4 out of 15
  1. elitemage
    10
    Napoleon Dynamite hit all the right notes in this new animated series. I laughed out loud many many times. The cast is back and is just as solid as in the motion picture. If you want to enjoy a great show with friends, pick Napoleon Dynamite. The writing is stellar and everyone should experience this show! Lucky!… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. a7xfan
    5
    They took a good movie, and basically ruined it in this animated spin-off. They basically took the same stuff from the movie and turned it up a notch in a really not good way. If you loved the movie then it is a maybe for you, but if you didn't then do not watch this show.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. psychomuse
    1
    Napoleon Dynamite, the movie, was an instant cult classic: a strange and funny world filled with strange and funny people; a strange and funny that is all too familiar in our own lives. We relate, we cringe, we laugh. Napoleon Dynamite, the animated tv series, is just like the movie except it's not strange or funny. I didn't relate, I didn't laugh, but I did cringe.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes

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