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Super-ultra-maxi-quirky comedy of dorks, kooks, freaks. Jared Hess, the director of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, out to top himself, scrapes bottom.

Liam Lacey and Stephen Cole From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Saturday, Nov.

Ita TMs been a downhill slide for Jared Hess since 2004a TMs indie hit Napoleon Dynamite.

That it comes from the makers of Napoleon Dynamite is just sad. Not that Napoleon Dynamite is anything more than a sturdy cult favorite, but when that little ode to outsiders became an independent hit in 2004, it did seem a signal of fresh talent with an agreeably askew outlook to challenge the mainstream.

Starring Michael Angarano and Jemaine Clement. Rated PG. Opens Friday, November 13, at the Cinemark Tinseltown The latest direct-to-cult effort from Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre writer-director Jared Hess brings us back to the seemingly inescapable metaphor of high school.

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Director Jared Hess wasn't expecting much when "Napoleon Dynamite'' was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival against his will in 2004.

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Sometimes, it's impossible to defend your enjoyment of a comedy other than to say "it made me laugh." Thankfully, no other defense is necessary.

In a recent New Yorker profile of Wes Anderson - the director of "Rushmore," "The Royal Tenenbaums" and other quirky indie ventures - he was said to have inspired a glut of auteurs with a similar sensibility.

Sam Rockwell plays the hero in a character's sci-fi novel. Jared Hess may be the first filmmaker to be bored by his own freaks.

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Rocking a chic lumberjack look with a thick dark beard and a gray plaid flannel shirt, filmmaker Jared Hess easily could be mistaken as a character from one of his quirky movies.

The devoutly Mormon filmmaker behind Napoleon Dynamite also doesn't have a Facebook account, and he checks email just a couple of times a day.

Jared Hess says much of their cult hit Napoleon Dynamite was based on his upbringing in rural Idaho.