By now everyone should have seen Napoleon Dynamite, but apparently a few of you haven’t so I’ll fill you in on what you’re missing. Imagine a story about adventure and love that answers the deep philosophical questions of life, such as “What is a liger?” “Do they have magical abilities?” and “Are there really any rules in tetherball?”In what is possibly the funniest movie of the year, unknown actor Jon Heder plays a supremely dorky high school student named Napoleon Dynamite. He is joined by his equally-geeky brother, Kip; his dirt-bike racing grandmother, Tina; the casserole-eating pet llama, Sleezy; football has-been, Uncle Rico, Kip’s ghetto-booty online girlfriend, LaFawnduh and a shy Mexican kid named Pedro.This motley crew takes the audience through several weeks in Napoleon’s life focusing on school, friends and family surrounding this unlikely hero. His everyday adventures include karate class at Rex Kwon-Do Self Defense School, his solo games of tetherball, trips on his girl-style 10-speed bike and deep involvement in milk tasting for the FFA.Part of his charm comes from the fact Napoleon represents a universal younger brother who actually believes he has deadly ninja skills.”Napoleon lives in a world where we all wish we could still be,” Heder said in a 20th Century Fox press release.The concept of the film began with 24-year-old director Jared Hess’s award-winning short film Peluca featuring Heder as another, but different ultra geeky character. Peluca was chosen as one of 12 short films to compete in the shorts program at the 2003 Slamdance Film Festival. And thus, a legend was born. Napoleon Dynamite was to join the ranks of cult stardom.Napoleon Dynamite brings together veteran funnymen with hilarious newcomers in a wildly different sort of coming-of-age film. Besides Heder, the film stars Jon Gries, from Get Shorty; Aaron Ruell; Diedrich Bader, from “The Drew Carey Show;” Tina Majorino, from When a Man Loves a Woman; Haylie Duff, Hilary’s older sister; and Efren Ramirez.The movie was a hit at the Sundance Film Festival and named Best Feature Film at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival. The movie’s characters are inspired largely by the director’s five younger brothers and friends he grew up with in the small town of Preston, Idaho. He wanted to tell the stories of the people everyone knew, but no one paid any attention to. People like the nerdy kid who sat next to you during math class, drew mythical animals and got shoved into lockers – people like Napoleon Dynamite.Parts of the movie may seem too cheesy, overly and stereotypically ridiculous or impossible at first glance, but somehow the cast convinces you that you really could know these people. Overall, the film is laugh-out-loud funny and every line is quotable. It’s full of unforgettable characters you can’t help but love for their optimism and obliviousness to the world’s response to them. It’s a story about change, throwing off other people’s limitations and discovering what you can be. It’s a must-see and a must-own for anyone with a sense of humor or an appetite for a movie celebrating the tacky ’80s we grew up in.