The nerd who gets a fairly attractive girl...and can dance like Travolta. It just doesn't work. The director/writers took the easy way out by making him stand out in some way that kids would appreciate. That's not the way it is, mostly. Kids get picked on and that's their whole life. Some of them get so fucked up they take a gun to school and indiscriminately start shooting.
Once again, a massive cop out that could have said something meaningful instead of being a slightly more serious and less imaginative high school version of "Nerds."
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Topic - Napoleon Dynamite: so? - tinear 16:55:14 02/24/05 (12)
- Almost as unfunny as "Matchstick Men". Yechhh! (nt) - Bill Leebens 11:38:00 03/11/05 (0)
- Not an award winner. - grantv 12:10:46 02/28/05 (0)
- Thought it was quite funny - Sweeeet........ - woodyjef 08:51:31 02/26/05 (0)
- Re: Napoleon Dynamite: so? - Dave-A 08:34:53 02/26/05 (0)
- This was the year of the quirky-age-based movie... - mkuller 11:30:12 02/25/05 (0)
- When his uncle threw the steak at him... - draggcj 07:14:18 02/25/05 (1)
- Being punched, thrown against lockers, choked...not too funny. - tinear 16:46:19 02/25/05 (0)
- Don't make the mistake of reading into it to far... - TopPop 22:38:47 02/24/05 (0)
- You're obviously not a teenager... - mkuller 19:23:22 02/24/05 (1)
- I saw the movie knowing this beforehand and had also read the NY Times review - jaiva 21:35:59 02/24/05 (0)
- just saw it yesterdy as a matter of fact. it sucked.....big time.....nt - jaiva 17:48:14 02/24/05 (1)
- No: triple big time! (nt) - Cetaele 20:08:48 02/24/05 (0)