# Napoleon Dynamite, instant cult classic in your peer group? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 9, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821 "2005-01-09T02:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821/61 "2005-01-20T12:46:41Z")
I haven’t seen it yet, as it hasn’t been released in Europe at all. 😕 But I finally got it somewhere and am going to watch it tonight. I am really looking forward to it, as the trailer already had me up in stitches. This is exactly my kind of humour. Does anybody know any movies with a similar type of humour? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821/62 "2005-01-20T13:17:29Z")
> [@vinryk](#): > > I haven’t seen it yet, as it hasn’t been released in Europe at all. 😕 > But I finally got it somewhere and am going to watch it tonight. > I am really looking forward to it, as the trailer already had me up in stitches. > This is exactly my kind of humour. > > Does anybody know any movies with a similar type of humour? Perhaps _Welcome to the Dollhouse_. It’s got some weird/hilarious lines. This is from IMDB. > [@](#): > > [After seeing Dawn about to enter a school bathroom stall, then going over to the sink] > Lolita: You didn’t come in here to wash your hands. > Dawn Weiner: Y–yes I did. > Lolita: You came in here to take a shit. > Dawn Weiner: No, really. I don’t have to go. My hands were just dirty, that’s all. > Lolita: Liar. I can smell you from here. And if I recall correctly, Lolita makes her go into the stall and then tells her, “I want to see you shit.” “Dollhouse” is a much more “nerds picked on” movie than _Nappy D_ but it’s pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@Scoundrel\_Swanswater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoundrel_Swanswater)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821/63 "2005-01-20T14:53:27Z")
I did see _Welcome to the Dollhouse_ and absolutely hated it. That was the most gut-wrenching, nasty piece of cinema I have ever seen. I didn’t get the feeling that it was a comedy at all. And I really wanted to kill that kid who tried to screw the poor girl. It was probably my fault, but I really couldn’t find anything funny in that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Kaspar\_Hauser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b3f665/32.png) [@Kaspar\_Hauser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaspar_Hauser)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821/64 "2005-01-20T15:39:44Z")
_Napoleon Dynamite_ is a much more benign movie than _Welcome to the Dollhouse_. Very rarely do you feel sorry for Napoleon. He’s not popluar, and gets picked on, but he often gives as good as he gets (in a very dorky, Napoleon-like way, of course). Plus it’s got a more or less happy ending. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821/65 "2005-01-20T15:48:02Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > Hunh, Well, color me wrong and a little creeped about Idaho now. > > For you quote fans, here’s a link with immediate [soundbite gratifications.](http://conversationswithmyself.com/content/nd_board) I guess they can’t do 'em all, but they left out some classics! Especially from Kip the cage fighter. 😃 _Your mom goes to college!_ ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821/66 "2005-01-20T16:35:57Z")
> [@vinryk](#): > > I did see _Welcome to the Dollhouse_ and absolutely hated it. > That was the most gut-wrenching, nasty piece of cinema I have ever seen. > I didn’t get the feeling that it was a comedy at all. > And I really wanted to kill that kid who tried to screw the poor girl. > It was probably my fault, but I really couldn’t find anything funny in that movie. Well, then, don’t see “Happiness”. Todd Solondz makes provocative films. There’s humor in them, but it’s couched inside very dark movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/napoleon-dynamite-instant-cult-classic-in-your-peer-group/283821.md?page=3)