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Napoleon Dynamite
List Price: $29.98 Our Price: $20.99
DVD - 21 December, 2004 Twentieth Century Fox Home Video
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Director: Jared Hess Cast: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Efren Ramirez
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Color
- Closed-captioned
- Widescreen
- Dolby
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| DVD Description As deadpan comedies go, Napoleon Dynamite stands in a class all its own. Played by John Heder, the title character is (in the words of critic Roger Ebert) "the kind of nerd other nerds avoid," a mouth-breathing dweeb with a mangy nest of orange hair, and ungainly features that suggest a perpetual state of half-conscious depression. He lives in Preston, Idaho (former home of 24-year-old director Jared Hess) with his thrill-seeking grandma and 32-year-old brother, and his days at high school consist mostly of being abused or ignored by indifferent classmates. Napoleon's sad-sack story doesn't offer the scathing, impassioned humor of Welcome to the Dollhouse because Hess (who cowrote the nearly plotless screenplay with his wife, Jerusha) doesn't have an angst-ridden axe to grind. Instead, the comedy (which exists in a tacky universe of worn-out rural suburbia) is so low-key that some will find it difficult to laugh, while others (i.e., those who feel superior to Napoleon) will have plenty of fun at Napoleon's expense. The result is a curiously uneven film, hilarious at times, but hampered by its own sense of affectionate mockery. An audience favorite at the Sundance film festival, Napoleon Dynamite may not be entirely lovable, but it's definitely unique. --Jeff Shannon |
| Reviews from Customers
One of the best movies ever Movies like Napoleon Dynamite are an inspiration to me. In a time when the big studios of Hollywood fear originality and rely on cheesy remakes, a movie like Napoleon Dynamite provides a breath of fresh air. It's just a hilarious film that's hard to explain. The best you can do is just to tell others to see it. Normally when it comes to things of this nature when I fall in love with a movie, I usually contribute it to my own weird tastes. After all my two favorite heroes are Ernest P. Worrel and Pee-wee Herman. But no, I've come to find there are thousands of fellow Napoleon Dynamite fans out there. The official Napoleon Dynamite fan club itself has over 200,000 members! With those kinds of numbers, do you really wanna risk missing out?
Amazing funny movie Hahahaha, wow, this movie is so funny! It was so hilarious! So many people at my school and all my friends talk about this movie non-stop, and some of them even wear "Vote for Pedro" and "Liger" T-shirts, and I would always ask "what's with these shirts?" and people would say to me "Dude, are you freakin kiding me, it's Napolean Dynamite, man!" So finally, I rented the movie and watched it. Wow! It's so stupid, awkward, and just plain retarded that it's hilarious! It's so funny seeing some tall geek with a huge afro running around saying funny sentences like "Gosh!" and "I do whatever I feel like, GOSH!" and "Freakin IDIOITS!" and "Are you going to eat your tots?" and "Tina, you fat lard, come get your dinner, eat your FOOD!" It's so funny and awkward seeing Napolean's reactions to the world and enviormnment and settings around him. It's funny to watch for lots of reasons. For one thing, Napolean always talks in a bored, monotone, low pitched, straining voice, and he always talks with his eyes closed, which is funny. He always responds to people in very weird ab-normal ways. Here's an example from something that you might see on this movie:
Some guy: "Napolean, give me your tots!" Napolean: "NO, I was freakin STARVING, I didn't have anything today!" Some guy: (kicks Napoleans legs) Napolean: "GOSH, freaking IDIOTS!!!" (and that would be the end of that scene)
One of the things about this movie is that it doesn't really have an actuall story line or actuall plot. Just a bunch of random events, situations, and probalems that happen between all of the characters. I liked the whole movie it had all these funny events and sayings. A great movie, rent it or buy it if you haven't seen it.
Freakin Sweet! This movie is so stupid, its funny! While there is absolutly NO point to this movie, it was pretty entertaining. Its kind of boring the first time you see it, but its better the second time. And its not inappropriate either, we watched it in my 7th grade class. Just to give you a preview, here are some sweet quotes from the movie. "But my lips hurt real bad!" "Tina you fat lard, come get some dinner gosh!" "Its a liger. Its pretty much my favorite animal." "Do the chickens have large talons?" "I like your sleeves. There real big." "Are you gonna eat your tots?" "Frekin idiot!!" If this sounds stupid, don't watch the movie. But if it sounds funny, deffinetly watch it!! |
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