Okay, while Napoleon Dynamite is a hit with all the kiddies and teens, I still don't think the mainstream has fully embraced it yet. Let's see if FOX ever tries to lure Hess over with more money to make a follow-up of sorts.

[Now if there is a sequel and if it does like a $50 million weekend, then we can say the mainstream embraced it. :) Actually, I'd predict it make more than $50 million....]

And I'd like to argue that Donnie Darko is still a cult favorite, despite having products based off the film at Hot Topic. ;)

Same applies to Invader Zim. :)

I'm still hesitant to say anything that is in Hot Topic is anywhere near cult status. It just feels wrong to say it.

Besides, with a Fox Double dipping in the future and considering how many units it sold on dvd.. I'm pretty confident in saying the mainstream public accepted it very well.

The movie is like a joke with no punchline. It is mildly entertaining, but it is rather pointless. In spite of that, I catch myself quoting the thing from time to time.

I'm 40-years-old and this is one of my favorite comedies of all time. My senior citizen parents actually liked it as well (which honestly surprised me). Maybe you are right that more teenagers are into it, but it's not just for the tots (that would be kiddies, not taters).

I watched this for the first time tonight, and i'm not sure who produced or directed it but i'm thinking of suing then from wasting 1½ hours of my life. I kept waiting for it to get funny.. and waiting.. and waiting... i'm still waiting. :(

More proof that this movie is only funny to those people who weren't nerds in high school.;)

My next door neighbor is a pretty big weirdo/loser and he reminds alot of us of Napoleon. He watched it for the first time a couple weeks ago and hated it 'cause Napoleon reminded my friend of himself too much. So yes, for those who didn't like it, it MAY hit too close to home :)

I don't love it as much as the masses do, but it's definitely a good, unique, entertaining movie (for the most part). Office Space, Royal Tenenbaums, Swingers are much higher on my list.

Well you may be on to something there.. or perhaps it was just a really crappy movie! :D

Best movie ever!

I felt pretty much the same way when I watched it a few months ago. An utterly pointless, boring and dumb movie.

I'm right there with you. Class action suit. Do it up.

I suffered through the entire movie and even sat through the credits hoping for something worthwhile.

But there was nothing.

And thus I wept.

Well, finally saw this one too. It was very good as a character / dialogue driven movie, reminded me a lot of Clerks.

Here's an interesting piece of trivia: Jon Heder was paid $1,000 to play Napoleon Dynamite. The movie grossed over $40,000,000 in the United States.

The review on here pretty much sumed it up. You either love it or you hate it.

I finally saw this movie and I laughed my ass off! I loved it.

Saw it this weekend for the first time. I thought it was very funny.

Was funny the first 2 times then it gets boreing. Only part I really liked was the dance sing. Thats was awsome.

I think it makes more sense to have a class action lawsuit against God for not giving some people a sense of humor.