Jared and Jerusha Hess

...by taking on a role of a different stripe. As self-important sci-fi author Ronald Chevalier in "Gentlemen Broncos" from director Jared Hess ("Napoleon Dynamite"), the actor sports lacquered-to-perfection hair and an impressive array of leather...

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...Michael Angarano (Benjamin), Jemaine Clement (Chevalier), Jennifer Coolidge (Judith) Credits: Directed by Jared Hess. Written by Jared and Jerusha Hess. Produced by Mike White and John J. Kelly. A Fox Searchlight release. Running time: 1:29

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...the rest of this review. The only positive associated with the film may be that it likely marks the end of the Jared Hess era, Jared Hess being the fellow who came up with the indie sensation "Napoleon Dynamite" in 2004. Since then he...

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...or self-deluded?" That's because every character in this ill-conceived curio from the quirky minds of co-writers Jared and Jerusha Hess ("Napoleon Dynamite," "Nacho Libre") is either one or the other - or both. Satire aside, what the...

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...Broncos,' with Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Hector Jimenez, Jennifer Coolidge. Directed by Jared Hess, from a screenplay by Hess and Jerusha Hess. 90 minutes. Rated PG-13 for some crude humor. Metro "Gentlemen Broncos" is a comedy...

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...EASY PRINTING He doesn't have a 'Napoleon' complex Director digs into his love of sci-fi for his latest movie Director Jared Hess wasn't expecting much when "Napoleon Dynamite'' was submitted to the Sundance Film Festival against his...

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...scene as an anemic longhair named Dusty with a white anaconda wrapped around his shoulders. The snake defecates explosively on his shirt. Hess gets his gross-out shock-laugh but the moment sums up the general approach: Collect a group of...

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...it, when he lets you observe, casually, his menagerie of weirdos. But Gentlemen Broncos is a leap over his previous work. Now, Hess doesn't just gaze on paralyzed nerds from the outside; he takes you into their heads and gives form to their...

In this article: Jared Hess, Jemaine Clement, Michael Angarano, Hector Jimenez, Napoleon Dynamite, and Captain Nemo

The humans are dead. Jemaine Clement stars as sci-fi writer Ronald Chevalier in the latest movie from Jared Hess, the director responsible for 2004's 'Napoleon Dynamite.' Come aboard the nostalgia ferry and travel back to a time when...

In this article: Jemaine Clement, Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite, Sam Rockwell, and Borat

...a teenage movie geek armed with a bulky VHS camera -- "the kind Michael J. Fox uses in 'Back to the Future,' " Hess says -- the oldest Hess boy used to recruit his brothers for all manner of short movie projects and aimless fight sequences...

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