A good movie

Every year, you have one very obscure indie feature scoring very big at the box-office and this movie was one of those. Since then, it has developed some extreme reactions. Indeed, apparently, most of the people either thought it was hilarious while the rest really despised it. With this in mind, I was rather curious to check the damned thing. Eventually, I enjoyed it, even though it was really nothing great. I mean, there is really a relentless way how the makers decided to portray this Napoleon Dynamite guy and it was rather courageous but also difficult to care for this deeply unlikeable character. Also, I also appreciated the way they described the grim high-school life. Indeed, even though Napoleon is way down at the bottom of the barrel, the popular kids didn’t look glamorous at all which was quite refreshing. Furthermore, I also liked the fact that he was not really bullied, that nobody really treated him very badly which is another old stereotype from most high-school movies. Still, there is not much going on in this flick, except a succession of weird and eccentric characters. To conclude, I don’t think it is anything great but I still enjoyed the damned thing and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

7/10