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.
As slight as the picture is, though, its hero is an indelible creation.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
16 Jul 2004
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The funniest film of the summer.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jul 2004
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Napoleon Dynamite may be forcefully weird and intermittently humorous, and you might not know what the heck to make of it, but there's nothing shocking about its screenplay.
– Amy Biancolli,
Houston Chronicle,
21 Jul 2005
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It's a cast of brilliant caricatures, and as such recalls the films of Wes Anderson.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
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For most of its length this delivers a steady stream of uncomfortable gut laughs.