Netflix.com says Napoleon Dynamite is one of few films that defies prediction of viewer reaction based on that viewer's ratings of other films. And reactions I've seen tend to be extreme: People seem either to love it or hate it.

Have you seen it? Love it? Hate it? Not moved either way?

stupid but I'm in the middle. It seemed very 80's to me until they played backstreet boys at the end!

Uncle ricco was cute

Love it! And I really love how you're always guessing what decade they're in.

i loved it when it came out but got burned out on all the hype and merchandising and whatnot. it was really cute but it wasn't THAT cute.

I would be willing to bet that the haters only saw it once. When I watched it the first time, I was all --> I just didn't think it was that funny - and couldn't see what the fuss was about.

Fortunately, before I returned it to Netflix, I mentioned my reaction to one of my friends, who said, "You have to watch it more than once. It's way funnier the second time."

So I watched it again and - lo and behold - she was right! It is much funnier the second time.

I think what happened is that I was so busy (the first time) trying to figure when and where the film was taking place, that I overthought it. It's one of those movies that you just have to go with - and accept that it makes no sense whatsoever.

I think this film is waaaaay overrated. I think it was unimaginative and flat-out stupid.


That said, I'm willing to be proven wrong and watch it again.


But if I still hate it, well... Let me just think about that.

Love it.

Everyone has known a Napoleon in their lives and everyone knows that kids that are considered outcasts and nerds are not the happy go lucky geeks that many movies portray them as...they are filled with bitterness and anger.

JustErin said:

...And you loved it?

it was OK.

what. the. hell.

I had a friend who couldn't mention it without cracking the hell up. So I decided to rent it.

Maybe if she didn't laugh so much in her description of the movie, I wouldn't have been sitting there like waiting to laugh.

The first time I watched the movie, I honestly felt so guilty that I didn't know whether I loved it or hated it. The situations are sooo possible -- and pathetic -- and the parts were played sooo believably that I walked away feeling as if I'd been laughing at real people.

I've watched it a bunch of times now, and from the second time on it's definitely just funny.

Imago said:

Lammastide said:

Lammastide said:

Yes.

never seen it.

Vendetta1 said:

See it... two times... and then report back.

Lammastide said:

For you? Okay.

Vendetta1 said:

whaaat? you'd LOVE it.

Anxiety said:

Nope, I see bits and pieces here and there but never the whole thing. It's always on Comedy Central so I guess I'll catch it soon.

Haven't seen it, the preview failed to spark my interest.

I love that movie cuz I got skills...

~Thumbs Down~ thank goodness I only watched part of it... and not intentially either.

Not interested at all.

Loved it when it came out so funny.

hate it

love it

Never saw it.

LOVE IT. Saw it before the hype.

Lammastide said:

It was funny IMO, it was one of the "Stupid Comedies" that I had plenty of LMAO moments