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napoleon dynamite is…dynamite

I know I’m one of the ten people in the world who didn’t see Napoleon Dynamite when it came out. I watched it last night and absolutely loved it. It’s bizarre, strange, weird, odd, yet somehow likeable.

Napoleon is a high-school geek with crazy afro-like hair who comes from a weird family. The movie is basically his story. How he gets beaten up at school. How he befriends Pedro, the only student with a mustache. How he tries to go back in time using a time-travel machine his uncle bought off the internet. How he keeps tater tots from lunch to eat as an afternoon snack. How he finds a “dance grooves” video in a thrift shop and teaches himself to dance (with hilarious results).

Quirky yet wonderful.

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