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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
5.6 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 30 Ratings

Your Score
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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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 14
  3. Negative: 4 out of 14
  1. couchcritic11
    10
    We thought this was really great. It reminded me of early Simpsons-style humor with the Napoleon Dynamite characters. The Chuck E Cheese band in the first episode had us laughing out loud! I also love Seth Macfarlane (especially Family Guy), but I'm glad to see something a little different.… Expand
    • 2 of 3 users said yes
  2. thetruthis138
    4
    lame re-visiting of old jokes. this can't last, it really has nowhere to go and they are going to run out of jokes fast. it's better than watching infomercials or american idol though.… 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
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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