Napoleon Dynamite is a gangly angry person with the social skills of computer geek (he'll probably become rich in real life) but at school, he is nerd picked upon. He helps his friend Pedro run for class president, and has to put with his uncle who has come to stay and his brother with his chat room girlfriend. (Still not sure if it really was girl though). At least the dance near the end had me smiling, but the rest of the film was tiresome bore of school and home life. The dysfunctional family of Little Miss Sunshine does it much better.
There's a lot of "straight on" filming, and with the mid 80's setting, it is just not pleasing to see. I wonder if the final ten minutes tacked on after the credits was a last minute attempt to save the movie - sadly, it didn't.(I've been asked how I watch a film in fast forward; I can still read the subtitles understanding what's going on while fast forwarding at twice the speed, but only endure the pain for half the time. Phew.)
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