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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews Critics Reviews   User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   Movie Lists An all-time favorite? A movie not to miss? Add to My Movies! Email this page to a friend   Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B- Source Brief Review Grade* Boston Globe Ty Burr "...an inspired dead-end stunt that keeps delivering snarky laughs far longer than it has any right to." more... B   Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert "...a kind of studied stupidity that sometimes passes as humor..." more... C   E! Online "...feels like an amusing sketch stretched too long." more... B- Film Threat Eric Campos "... one of the most unique comedies you’ll see all year." more... A- filmcritic.com Chris Barsanti "...pretty much guaranteed to win over the geek inside most of us." more... B+ Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt "Jerry Lewis, meet Wes Anderson." more... C+ New York Post Lou Lumenick "A smart Dumb and Dumber." more... B   New York Times A.O. Scott "...odd, amusing..." more... B   ReelViews James Berardinelli "One of the reasons why Napoleon Dynamite works is because of its tone." more... B   Rolling Stone Peter Travers "You'll laugh till it hurts." more... B   San Francisco Chronicle Carla Meyer "...no cohesive story, just a series of opportunities for the title character to strut his gawky stuff." more... C   * Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)