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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
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10 Worst Sundance Sensations
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"Getting ready for the Sundance Film Festival can be very exciting. As we await the event’s Thursday opening, we can’t stop wondering what will be the next big thing. Will this year’s hit be the highly-anticipated Michael Cera project Paper Hearts, or will it be something that we as of yet know nothing about? It’s easy to forget, however, that oftentimes the next big thing is also the next lamest thing. Sundance sensations, those films that are much-buzzed-about, that sell for a lot of money, that go on to be marketed like crazy and ultimately receive Oscar recognition, tend to lend themselves most easily to backlashes. Usually such derision is deserved, as in the case of the following ten films, each of which made a big splash at Sundance despite being bad. 10. Brick (Ria "
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"Last Friday, before conspiracy theorists were questioning who actually birthed newborn Trig Palin, and long before it was announced that Bristol Palin is a (first time?) teen mom-to-be, I was innocently thinking of the more simple Sarah Palin movie. The one that goes sorta like The Contender, except that in this case the nude photos, which may or may not be of the female VP candidate, are pageant-related rather than a remnant of sorority hazing. Now, of course, despite the gossip blogs’ wet dream that there are indeed scandalous photos out there of the former Miss Alaska runner-up, the movie goes a little more like Juno — or, as many a site has effortlessly pictured
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Quirky Masterclass
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"The elements of this are familiar to us ...somehow..The dysfunctional ,bizarro family,the idiot savant,or is he just an idiot?...the sympathetic "crazies" ,lining up and taking on the "normal" people..."Napoleon Dynamite" is totally charming and life affirming...At it's core is something as warm-hearted ,romantic and melancholic as "Gregory's Girl".and it's very very funny...what more could you want? "
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"Everybody’s talking about how the WGA strike may affect this year’s Sundance marketplace (Variety and Scott Foundas among them), but studios looking to make up for a lack of in-house product with appealing-looking indies may want to think twice before opening the checkbook. It’s easy for buyers to forget that Hollywood still knows nothing about what moviegoers really want, and it’s very easy to waste a whole lot of money bidding on a film that isn’t going to be worth it’s purchase price. This week, the Onion’s A.V. Club features a list of Sundance flops — those movies that were a big deal at the festival yet failed at the box office. It’s probably meant to just be a fun look back at the errs of the marketplace, but really it functions as a warning to this year’s buyers. What they think is the next Napoleon Dynamite could reall "
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The Nicaraguan Greeting (A revi ...
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""The Guatemalan Handshake" is a hard movie to pin down. Equal parts "Napoleon Dynamite" and Hal Hartley movie, it's an episodic piece of oddball cinema that achieves occasional moments of brilliance. The most I can say by way of plot is that Donald Turnupseed (Will Oldham) goes missing, and his best friend, a ten-year-old girl cryptically named Turkeylegs (Katy Haywood) seems to be the only one who cares. Also, an old insane woman loses her dog, Donald's pregnant girlfriend Sadie becomes a demolition derby protegee and a ridiculously cool, wedge-shaped orange electric car goes from owner to owner (say what you want about the movie, that car is awesome). As with "Napoleon Dynamite," the portrait of life in a small, unremarkable American town is dead on. Seedy roller rink? Check. Dying downtown strip? Check. Utter lack of attractive people? State fair as the cultural event of the year? Check and check. Unlike Jared Hess' movie, however, the truly funny moments are few and far between ... "
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Ferris Bueller why?
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"I'm with you CinemaRian,but it just seems like innocent fun or something..FB's DO has been on T.V loadsa times but i only saw it all the way through today,and laughed quite a bit. I knew a Ferrari was involved,a very pretty boy and girl..a tortured "authority" figure,the school principal..er,that's it . Maybe it's notable for "breaking the fourth wall"but doesnt add up to much apart from looking so shiny and fun and the opposite of "world weary",i laughed AT it aswell as with...they visit an ART gallery for cryin out loud!....It's the antithesis of everything that would pass for a "high school" comedy now ...like Rushmore (1998) or the wonderful "Ghostworld" or "Napoleon Dynamite"...and i couldnt help wondering all those idle thoughts like. Why didnt Mia Sara make more films,how come the only other thing i can remember seeing Alan Ruck in is "Speed" Why oh why did Jennifer Grey get a nose job!?...and how Matthew Broderick looks so cute,a lot like Ellen "Juno" Page... "
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The Sasquatch Gang - Review
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"A cast of quirky teenage misfits spewing pop-culture laden witticisms while dealing with the awkwardness that comes with adolescence. Despite being the basic structure to a horde of other films attempting to capture and exploit the joie de vivre of youth, The Sasquatch Gang manages to maintain a certain amount of ignorance to its cliched story and unfolds like an after-school special written and directed by Mike Judge. Corn dog eating rednecks with prescription mullets, live-action role-playing geeks and a cryptozoologist fill this world where a Napoleon Dynamite or a Juno would fit in just fine. Surprisingly kid-friendly and packed with enough laughs to get you through to the closing credits. "
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"I’ve read two stories in two hours that refer to Juno as “crossover hit.” I’m not denying that it is, so far, a hit, both with audiences and with critics. But tell me again how this film??????made by a not-exactly-maverick director for a studio specialty division, starring three known actors and one tabloid staple, targeted at teens and young adults, both thematically and stylistically indebted (or, at the very least, related) to previous hits like Superbad, Ghost World and Napoleon Dynamite??????qualifies as a “crossover”? Yes, Searchlight bought “indie” credibility by taking Juno to a bunch of festivals and rolling it out slowly. But we’re also talking ab "
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"I’ve read two stories in two hours that refer to Juno as “crossover hit.” I’m not denying that it is, so far, a hit, both with audiences and with critics. But tell me again how this film??????made by a not-exactly-maverick director for a studio specialty division, starring three known actors and one tabloid staple, targeted at teens and young adults, both thematically and stylistically indebted (or, at the very least, related) to previous hits like Superbad, Ghost World and Napoleon Dynamite??????qualifies as a “crossover”? Yes, Searchlight bought “indie” credibility by taking Juno to a bunch of festivals and rolling it out slowly. But we’re also talking ab "
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entryWelcome to the DollhouseThis is the second movie year countdown movie in a row that was suggested to me by Andy. However I already had my eye on this movie since I had thoroughly enjoyed Todd Solondz's Happiness. However my eye was on one of his other movies before this one. Something about the fact that the main character was an adolescent girl made me think i just wouldn't connect. I was way wrong.I watched this one with Adam who said something like, "this movie is like Napoleon Dynamite if it were more realistic and more funny." He might have also said something about and if it were a lot more sad and painful to watch too, but that might have been implied. Of course Welcome to the Dollhouse came out almost ten years before Napoleon Dynamite too.I find this m "
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