Napoleon Dynamite (2004) poster
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Napoleon Dynamite

Comedy

Directed by Jared Hess

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home. From TMDB

243 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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Napoleon Dynamite is a 2004 comedy film, directed by Jared Hess, starring Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez and Tina Majorino.

  • 229 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
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  • Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 9, 2024

    Ben and Jerry's Neapolitan Dynamite (2006-2010): Cherry Garcia and Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice creams, side by side in a pint. Confusingly, this concoction was neither Neapolitan, nor did it have any connection to it's namesake film, "Napoleon Dynamite".

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  • Discontinued FoOoOods! 👻🎃 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2025

    Side note: for whatever reason, it seems to be the cool thing now to act like Napoleon Dynamite was/is terrible, and this is revisionist history and hipsterism. The chokehold that movie had on my class senior year of high school is unlike anything I've ever seen in pop culture

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  • Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 13, 2025

    Showing my kid Napoleon Dynamite today. I'm excited. I was in a test audience of this movie at the Ritz in Philly back in the day and they handed out powder blue t shirts that said Gimme Your Tots with a pile of tater tots on it. Fit me so well, I looked jacked in it. Was one of my favorite shirts

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  • Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.comBluesky · Jan 30, 2026

    Now that they've been diagnosed with autism my 14yo is fond of noting historical phenomena that could be explained by an autism diagnosis, such as the medieval concept of changelings and the film Napoleon Dynamite

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  • Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    So everyone’s spent however talking about Henry Cavill doing a Warhammer film but I have to say I did not have documentary about the bloke from Napoleon Dynamite going on a quest to find John Blanche on my bingo card for 2025 and yet here we are… trademarkfilms.com/films/d121a6... #warhammer

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  • potoooooooo 🥔 @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 20, 2024

    Joe Pera Talks With You was an underappreciated treasure that I think deserves way more viewers. Here's one of my favorite scenes.. I would describe it as Napoleon Dynamite meets Mister Rogers directed by Wes Anderson. It's a lovely show that got cancelled after 3 seasons, but the seasons they got were really special and worth watching. There's a very subtle, sweet storyline throughout the story that isn't immediately obvious if you just jump around via clips.

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  • Glenn Kenny @glennkenny.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2025

    I have been told that my uproarious howls at the steak-throwing bit in “Napoleon Dynamite” at its inaugural Sundance screening convinced Searchlight to buy the movie.

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  • StopSkeletonsFromFighting @stopskeletons.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2025

    Wait, they gave the Minecraft movie to the Napoleon Dynamite guy?

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  • Kevin Elf Böy 🧝‍♂️ @kevinterribly.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 15, 2025

    Napoleon Dynamite is still a great movie

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  • becca laurie @imbeccable.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    In 2004, to promote “Napoleon Dynamite,” Fox Searchlight screened the movie for free hundreds of times, built a social network from scratch, and gave away thousands of Vote for Pedro T-shirts. 21 years later, I spoke to the people behind the campaign: www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...

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  • oops, all bees! @weirdevaltimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    This feels like every interaction I have with my intern He says some shit like “you know that REALLY OLD movie Napoleon Dynamite” and I lay on the floor waiting for Life Alert to rescue me

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  • Bob Chipman ("MovieBob") @bobchipman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 13, 2025

    "NAPOLEON DYNAMITE II" is a movie that would make an actual killing if they put it in theaters, I'm telling you. "Pedro runs for Governor of Idaho, Napoleon is his manager again." That's a movie. People would love that.

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  • chunes @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 3, 2026

    I rewatched Napoleon Dynamite last week and it holds up well IMO. So, not that.

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  • Howell Dawdy @howelldawdy.comBluesky · Nov 26, 2023

    Judging by the battlefield carnage I’m seeing in promotional footage of Ridley Scott’s latest outing.. They might have named the wrong film ‘Napoleon Dynamite’! #filmbluesky #cinema

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  • Tred @tredlocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2025

    It's really funny how this movie was directed by the guy who made Napoleon Dynamite. Like, how did this fall onto his lap?

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  • Kwistina🍉 @iraganaart.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    last movie night with the besties, one american, on filipino(me, so, american-adjacent), and one swede, we watched Napoleon Dynamite and the european mind could not comprehend "what is this movie about??" the swede asks, Napoleon Dynamite is the american version of european auteur experimental films

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  • The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2026

    Trying to explain Napoleon Dynamite to my kids and I feel like I just have to choose it for movie day sometime, because when they ask what it’s about I’m like “vote for Pedro and uncle Rico could throw a football over the mountains and rexkwondo and the cow ran through an onion field and a dang ques

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  • lydelle BLEAAAH!ster @babyshoes4cash.comBluesky · Jan 27, 2024

    Napoleon Dynamite was just a Wes Anderson movie for poor people

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  • HeartyOfGlass @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 2, 2026

    I nominate "[Dude, Where's My Car?](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/)". I thought this was screamingly funny when it came out. It was the movie everyone quoted until "Napoleon Dynamite" came out. I tried rewatching it maybe a year or two ago and it's aged like milk. Too much of the comedy relies on unhealthy stereotypes & tropes.

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  • The New Yorker @newyorker.comBluesky · Apr 9, 2025

    “I can’t recommend that anyone see ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ not even a child.” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social reviews the new film from the “Napoleon Dynamite” director Jared Hess.

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  • Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 4, 2024

    “The director of Napoleon Dynamite did a Minecraft movie” is the first 2024 sentence in a while where I would have had some idea of what it meant 10 years ago

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  • Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.socialBluesky · May 9, 2026

    Napoleon Dynamite with the eldest. A film which has aged very well.

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  • Jason @jxsxpx.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 23, 2025

    Not to be too millennial about it, but I’m watching Napoleon Dynamite for the first time in years and I’m still cackling like a hyena. Such a dumb, strangely sweet, deeply silly movie.

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  • Kyle Bugbearstew @bugbearstew.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2025

    i watched the minecraft movie last night (unfinished cgi forme) and coming away from it my feeling is mostly disappointment. Knowing that the director is the same director of Napoleon Dynamite and the few actual funny jokes in the film, there are bones for a surreal absurdist movie in there.

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  • Snow Burrow @bostonjerry.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 25, 2025

    Napoleon Dynamite is a SPECIAL movie. IYKYK

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Feb 8, 2026

    A Poet: went to see this film basically on a lark, having half paid attention to a trailer i thought looked amusing in a Napoleon Dynamite kinda way. turns out it’s a fucking incredible movie. starts as the funniest film of the year and morphs into one of the most moving.

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  • ♥️✦IShowElves✦♥️ @thexteras.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 8, 2026

    I bought myself lemon soju as a treat and I'm going to rewatch Napoleon Dynamite while drinking it to see if it's still as ridiculous of a film as I remember

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  • VJ 🐁 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 @verminjerky.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2026

    I was feeling pretty down yesterday (see previous post) and asked my mom to sit and watch a movie with me. Neither of us had ever seen Napoleon Dynamite, so we watched it. We both enjoyed it, but my 78 year old mom absolutely loved it.

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  • Hal O'Wien @kbuts.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    how the FUCK is Napoleon Dynamite, an absolute trash-ass dogshit movie, anywhere close to this lest, let alone rated higher than Blazing Saddles

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  • Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.onlineBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    Based on this post I went in expecting it to be Napoleon Dynamite and not the actual GOAT - The Naked Gun, a perfect comedy movie

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  • CL. Clark @gaga.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 14, 2024

    #MOVIEMADNESS DAY 15 ~ Funny movie Napoleon Dynamite "Vote for Pedro" youtu.be/ZHDi_AnqwN4?...

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  • Charlotte Sometimes 🇨🇦 @charlysometimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2025

    #JulyMovieChallenge #Filmsky 7/2: A movie about or filmed in Idaho Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

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  • Sergio @[email protected]Lemmy · Dec 2, 2025

    [TRAILER] Tapawingo (recent release) - Jon Heder indy sleeper?. The obvious comparison is Napoleon Dynamite since it has Jon Heder in it and a cast of quirky characters. The trailer makes it look at least moderately amusing. Tho apparently this movie went for a couple years without a distributor, after showing at a film festival a couple years back. And it looks like now it's only playing at one theater in LA? [JustWatch says](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tapawingo) it's streaming on…

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  • Surly Amy @surlyamy.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    I want a movie staring this kid. He’s got Napoleon Dynamite energy and I’m so here for it.

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  • For 91 Days Travel Blog @for91days.comBluesky · Jul 7, 2025

    Preston Cleaners in Preston, Idaho: idaho.for91days.com/preston-idah... Where they filmed Napoleon Dynamite: www.criticker.com/film/Napoleo... #BlueSkyMonday #idaho #napoleandynamite #filmlocation #movielocations

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  • Twin Dad @twinsurvivalist.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Spell your name with movie titles Young Frankenstein (1974) Old School (2003) Unforgiven (1992) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Napoleon Dynamite (2004) Airplane! (1980) Mallrats (1995) Edward Scissorhands (1990)

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  • Matt Forbeck @forbeck.comBluesky · Dec 25, 2024

    Wow. A trailer for a film starring Jon Heder (the star of Napoleon Dynamite) as he goes searching for my old friend from my Games Workshop days, John Blanche. trademarkfilms.com/films/d121a6...

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  • Jerry J. Davis @jerryjdavis.comBluesky · Nov 23, 2024

    When the movie Napoleon Dynamite came out, a number of my old friends contacted me and said, "Oh my God, Jerry! That's you!" They're not wrong. This was me.

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  • beth death & the slay-belles @dumb-belles.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2025

    #20SongsByYear #MusicChallenge 2005 11/20. Except not really because the album this was on came out in 2001 BUT it was in the film Napoleon Dynamite which came out in the UK in autumn 2004, so I was definitely listening to it in 2005. youtu.be/PKfD8d3XJok?...

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  • Fhugo$777 @zekefromabove.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 25, 2025

    #Aprilfilmchallenge #Filmsky #Moviesky 4/25 ~ A film that makes you laugh Napoleon Dynamite To back up my pick, I present perhaps the funniest 9 seconds in cinema. youtu.be/AAFPZdlm7d4?...

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  • Esther Zuckerman @ezwrites.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 30, 2025

    I will say this for A Minecraft Movie: At times you can really tell it's from the director of Napoleon Dynamite

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  • The Spooky Potato @hunsweasel.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2023

    Free headline for any critics who anticipate posting a rave review of the new Ridley Scott film: "NAPOLEON? Dynamite!"

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  • 30-50 feral lasagnahogs @lasagnahog.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 19, 2025

    Just thinking about Napoleon Dynamite and how much I loved that movie when it came out TWENTY ONE YEARS AGO.* *yelling in shock

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  • skele-kins @ 🤷 💿 🔄👉 @zoldafitzgerald.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2025

    Kai loves the movie Napoleon Dynamite but everyone else on White Base hates it

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  • Fietser @americanfietser.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    Napoleon Dynamite has been a frequent comfort movie for me lately. Don't know why, but I just enjoy it.

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  • The San Diego Comic-Con Unofficial Blog @sdccblog.comBluesky · Jun 24, 2025

    Celebrate 20 years of #NapoleonDynamite at #SDCC with a screening and live, interactive experience with stars Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez: sdccblog.com/events-defau...

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  • Seri Spring Special 📖💖🪽 💎💫🪆🦇 🌻 @vauxknox.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    Rewatching Napoleon Dynamite and the whole film has this weird vibe of being both comfy and uncomfortable, I don't know how to describe it, feels like being in a neighbour's house

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  • τreez 🎃 🎂 10/22 @zoetreez.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2024

    The movie Napoleon Dynamite came out 20 years ago 🥺

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  • A Vanished Ghost 🇨🇦 @avanishedghost.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    Share one of the most obscure TV shows you can think of! Well it’s not THAT obscure but I’m a little surprised to see not a lot of people talk about how Napoleon Dynamite had an animated tv series despite the movie being an absolute hit

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  • lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    I rewatched Napoleon Dynamite a couple of months ago and I have to say it really does hold up. This is a smart story by my friend @imbeccable.bsky.social about how that weird movie took over America and the influence it holds today: www.marketingbrew.com/stories/2025...

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  • TR Dark23 @trdark23.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 2, 2026

    Happy 53rd Birthday to Efren Antonio Ramírez. An American actor best known for playing Pedro Sánchez in the 2004 indie film Napoleon Dynamite. He later reprised his role in the 2012 animated series of the same name. Due Justice, Satanic Hispanics, Crank: High Voltage, Se7en Cemeteries, Super Sex...

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  • nocturne @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 28, 2026

    Clerks, Halloween, and Napoleon Dynamite are three of lowest budget highest grossing movies I love.

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  • MizfitMathew @mizfitmathew.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 1, 2025

    Pokemon was cute. Time for movie #2! Going with a classic and one of my favorites! Napoleon Dynamite, 2004

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  • a Benjamin @abenjamin.bsky.socialBluesky · May 10, 2025

    Watching "Napoleon Dynamite" for the first time in over a decade and good Lord what a singular delight this movie is.

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  • Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2023

    Can’t believe you’d want to combine the name “Napoleon” with the concept of explosions, and yet name your film “Napoleon Dynamite” rather than “Napoleon Blownapart.”

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  • Edges @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 17, 2026

    BRAVO 100 Funniest Movies - The Film Spectrum. Came across this list today while reading about Napoleon Dynamite. Do you agree? Anything missing?

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  • Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 16, 2026

    Back home just relaxing. About to watch Napoleon Dynamite just a hilariously awesome movie. Just fun #filmsky #napoleonbdynamite

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  • The_Galactabee commissions open @galactabee.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    Idgaf when a bunch of JPEGs from a new movie show up in whatever gacha/“puzzle” app happens to be popular. Thats not interesting. “They made a weird, shitty Napoleon Dynamite game on DS with this Angela Anaconda-ass artstyle” PLEASE tell me more, I wanna at least LOOK at it.

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  • LuxSpark @[email protected]Lemmy · Jun 24, 2026

    Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre are two of my favorites that I can still watch. I will catch A Christmas Story and Vacation movies.

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  • film-authority.com @film-authority.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 23, 2026

    New on streaming, Tapawingo is a goofy, feel-good comedy with Jon Heder in Napoleon Dynamite mode. Billy Zane, a funny role for Gina Gershon, Pat Benatar's Shadows of the Night on the soundtrack; if that sounds sweet to you, you'll enjoy this deeply silly film. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/23/t...

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