Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

Rated PG for thematic elements and language

 

Runtime: 1 hours and 34 minutes

 

Genre: Comedy

 

Director: Jared Hess

Writer: Jared Hess and Jerusha Hess

 

Actors: Jon Heder, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Tina Majorino and Diedrich Bader

 

Budget: $400,000

 

Box Office: $46,118,097

 

Positives:

• Good music choices

• Interesting shot choices

• Not bad editing

• Interesting world building

• Pretty imagery

• Funny quotes from most of Napoleon

Negatives:

• Bullying and accusations fall flat

• Characters are not very likable. They're just making bad decisions and that is not right

• Very slow for the most part

• Lack of goals and motivation

Overall Verdict:

Story 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6)

Character 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (7)

Dialogue/Diction 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 (6)

Pacing/Timing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

Music/Audio 0 1 2 3 4 5 (3)

World Setup 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

Camera/Editing 0 1 2 3 4 5 (4)

33/50 6.6/10