Napoleon Dynamite Film Review

Napoleon Dynamite is a high school boy with a strange set of talents and goals.  Living in a small town in Idaho, he's even weirder than everyone else.  A participant in the "Happy Hands" club and an avid lover of Ligers, Napoleon lives with his older brother, and online dater, Kip, and his grandmother.  Not to mention his pet llama.  When Napoleon's grandmother is injured while riding ATV's in the sand dunes, Napoleon's stuck-in-the-past uncle, Rico, arrives to take her place.  During Napoleon's high school experience, he meets friends such as the new transfer student, Pedro, and the boondoggle-selling Debb.  Napoleon Dynamite goes through a few awkward months of Napoleon's high school, from his asking the school hottie, Trish to Prom, to helping Pedro in his attempt to win the class president election against the popular Summer.  It also shows the side stories of Kip and his on-line girlfriend, La Fonda, and Uncle Rico's life stuck in the past and his attempts to become successful now.  Napoleon Dynamite may sound like a plot-driven movie:  it is not.  The plot, while hilarious to most, is really not why one might watch Napoleon Dynamite.  One watches it for the creative making of the film.  The opening credits are in various types of food and notebooks, in an incredibly imaginative way.  Additionally, the dialogue and acting of Napoleon Dynamite are hilarious.  Each character has a very unique voice and personality.  After watching the movie, one can immediately recognize the "Napoleon voice", the "Kip", and of course Pedro's famous line of "vote for Pedro".  Napoleon Dynamite is a surprisingly well-made and artistically shot film that will, to this viewer at least, never get old.