Napoleon Dynamite (2004) : The Classical Review by Jessica Kellgren-Hayes

The Classical Review by Jessica Kellgren-Hayes: Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Director: Jared Hess
Screenwriters: Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess

Cast:
Jon Heder ... Napoleon
Jon Gries ... Uncle Rico
Aaron Ruell ... Kip
Efren Ramirez ... Pedro
Tina Majorino ... Deb
Haylie Duff ... Summer Wheatly

Napoleon Dynamite is a listless and dull teen, alienated in a bizarre Idaho town, caught in a lethargic 80s time-warp. The film has won many awards and is lauded for its off-beat humour but I'm struggling to find the comedy amongst the one-dimensional characters and dull plot.




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[videotitan1]

Sweety keep in mind this is targeted to the American audience, so many of the jokes will only make sense to the americans of the United States, not Britain. I'll give you an example, I find Mr Bear terribly boring to watch, but for British he's funny. So there you have it, in order to understand certain humor you'll have to be born in that country or that surrounded culture. By the way Napoleon Dynamite was a huge hit mainly in the States.

[MissJessicaKH]

@videotitan1

Thank you for bringing up that the humour is very American- it's so interesting to think that despite understanding the same language we take different things from it! x

[acheese9]

I agree about the American versus British humor--I think many people love Napolean Dynamite because of the awkwardness and the long quiet pauses,because such things are much rarer in American comedies than in British ones.In British comedies there are pauses,and there is more subtlety but I think most American comedy is just about sex and fast-paced slapstick laughs.So though contrived to seem 'indie'--a very clever remark on your part--to mainstream America it's groundbreaking or something.

[videotitan1]

Sorry I meant Mr, Bean.

[olmecbones]

Wow! You're fucking beautiful.

If you're ever in Seattle send me a PM and I'll take you out for steak and explain to you the subtleties of Napoleon Dynamite and how it relates to the common American experience.

[digitalgenre]

Well, it's a comedy; there isn't necessarily anything to get. But with a movie with such specific humour, you either love it or hate it. I haven't heard anyone say it was okay, just people saying it's amazing or awful. You can't really put comedies under the same criteria as other movies let alone any criteria at all. I don't even think comedies should be reviewed because they're so heavily affected by the reviewer's taste.

[minervamcgonagall86]

ALL TRUE!

[Nevawake]

The Queen is dead long live the Queen. Elizabeth the 1st!

[caniacstanleycup]

I love that you are reviewing newer movies, though I still think that Napoleon Dynamite is an awesome movie, though an odd one at the same time. Keep on reviewing, and I will keep watching.

[BeauMu]

I've always considered this movie painful and awkward.