At a Glance

Napoleon Dynamite isn’t like anyone else in his hometown of Preston, Idaho. In fact he is not like anyone you’ve ever known. A peculiar looking boy who lives with his quad-bike riding grandmother, 31 year-old brother Kip and his ultra-vain Uncle Rico. The family is all too caught-up in their own lives to give Napoleon the time of day and left to his own devices, he tries to impress girls at his high-school by helping his best-friend Pedro, become student-body president.

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Napoleon Dynamite isn’t like anyone else in his hometown of Preston, Idaho. In fact he is not like anyone you’ve ever known. A peculiar looking boy who lives with his quad-bike riding grandmother, 31 year-old brother Kip and his ultra-vain Uncle Rico. The family is all too caught-up in their own lives to give Napoleon the time of day and left to his own devices, he tries to impress girls at his high-school by helping his best-friend Pedro, become student-body president.

A quirky comedy full of high-school geeks and nerds, Napoleon Dynamite can be perfectly summed up in the words of award-winning British comedian Matt Lucas of Little Britain fame: “Jon Heder’s performance is one of the funniest things you’ll ever see.” Simon Pegg, of Shaun of the Dead, adds “Hilarious, compulsive and beautiful; my favorite film of the decade.”