Nerds of the world unite in this disarmingly funny sleeper. A rural high-school geek with a very bizarre family hatches a plan to get a girlfriend and become cool by helping his equally odd friend ...
1. "Napoleon Dynamite" is based on "Peluca," a student film Jared Hess directed while attending Brigham Young University. It stars Jon Heder as a similarly awkward teen outcast named Seth.
The beloved indie classic “Napoleon Dynamite” was released 20 years ago. Since then, much has changed; but the characters, as enduring as they are endearing, stay in our hearts.