News Summary

• Comedy is one of the trickiest genres to age gracefully.
• What has audiences rolling in the aisles one decade often feels dated or problematic in the next.
• Napoleon Dynamite, more than two decades since its 2004 debut, proves an exception.
• The movie's surreal, awkward, and oddly wholesome humor—anchored by unforgettable offbeat characters—has aged like fine wine.
• If a movie can organically enter the in-jokes of a household more than 20 years after its release, that’s staying power.