Don't feel too bad. The movie is a bit infamous for being tricky to recommend. I got it recommended to me and absolutely loved it.

Even at the time it was polarizing. And yeah it basically was filmed in the style of a home movie. Movie cost 400,000 to make and made almost 50 million as a fun fact

Thats genuinely tragic, I'm sorry

When I was young my hair was longer and it poofed out. Add to that glasses and me being awkward and a bunch of people would call me napoleon dynamite. Definitely contributed to me not liking it that much.

I remember seeing it when it made it to DVD at some point and not making it all the way through the movie due to not enjoying it. I never tried to rewatch it after the fact.

I laughed slightly at it when it was on TV and it made an aunt thing it would be a good Christmas present

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I've had that with Crippled Masters.

I rewatched it a few years ago. Didn't much care for it. But remember when it first came out (I was around 20 at the time) and liked it.

On a side note; I totally owned the Huffy Sledgehammer bike just like the one in the movie. I had gotten it when I was around 13 years old. I got it out of grandma and grandpa's garage and sold it on Craigslist for $100, when it should have been worth like $25.

Also, yes. I did take it on some pretty sweet jumps.

It's worth it

I'm with you on both counts.

Seemed more a slice of life type of movie.

It’s kinda weird and boring and the characters are quirky enough to be funny but also relatable in a vaguely nostalgic, innocence of mid teens kinda way. No one is good or bad and the climax is Napoleon dancing in front of the whole school so his friend wins the student council vote. And then everyone clapped.

It’s like the Big Lebowski, where the absurdity gets funnier with each watch. Definitely fun to rewatch with friends when you see the jokes coming.

Eat the food, Tina

Tater tots

He was somebody that was rising the ranks of competitive grocery bagging but then he broke his hand

A master of Karate
and friendship
for everyone

its actually quite a wholesome movie now I think about it

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