Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess, 2004)

Cast: Jon Heder, Jon Griess, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez, Diedrich Bader, Tina Majorina, Sandy Martin, Hylie Duff, Trevor Snarr, Shondrella Avery. Screenplay: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess. Cinematography: Munn Powell. Production design: Cory Lorenzen. Film editing: Jeremy Coon. Music: John Swihart. 

Napoleon Dynamite, a sleeper hit that became a cult film, is as deadpan and droll as a Wes Anderson movie. Is it a postmodern parody of a coming-of-age story, a John Hughes movie for millennials? Or is it just silliness? Or all of the above?