victiminvesta Ppl who give this flick high stars - "what is wrong with you, you fricking IDIOTS, GOSH!". The movie : a bunch of dopey idiots doing completely random and idiotic things in some Kafkaesque rural town in Idaho brought to you by high school drama club. Movie is made in 2004, and school ID implies 2004, but it feels like the movie is set in 80s, with Kip spending time chatting in a computer which kind of places it in the 90s. I guess the props obtained from Goodwill or garage sale lend themselves to anachronisms. Want to watch a "cult flick"? Watch "Ghost town" or "Clerks".

Leofwine_draca NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is one of those low-budget comedies that asks you to be of the same mindset as the lead characters in order to gain enjoyment from it. Sometimes this works for me - I love the documentary American MOVIE because I can identify with the drive and identity of the filmmakers. In contrast, I found that NAPOLEON DYNAMITE left me cold. The characters are cold and sarcastic in that peculiarly American way, obnoxious in fact, and the film's constant ironic humour simply didn't appeal to me. I appreciate that it's different to your mainstream high school comedy, but at the same time I found this uninteresting and interminable.

Dave I don't understand this film's popularity. It's a comedy, but I didn't find it funny at all. The chronological setting is confusing. It's set in what was then the present day, but Napoleon wears a Walkman and Moon Boots - no-one was wearing them in 2004 in the US. His uncle drives a van that was made in the 1970s; very few vans last three decades. Why are 1980s songs being played at the school dance?

mattkratz Gosh, this was a good movie! The scary part is that you can relate to it! It was a tiny bit like Forest Gump, with the title character seemingly everywhere. It was a slice of real life, with an everyday, geeky character who is having trouble at school and at home with a dysfunctional family and can't fit in anywhere. He makes a new friend in Pedro at school, who develops a crush on the popular girl (who can't relate there?), and Napoleon launches on his crusade of adventures and misadventures. He was a bit like Charlie Brown-a misfit with a small circle of friends who never gives up despite his many failures! This was truly a good film with a good cast and collection of good scenes and odd sense of humor. Jon Heder was excellent in the lead.*** out of ****