The reviews are in for ‘Gentlemen Broncos’ — the latest from Jared and Jerusha Hess, the husband and wife team behind ‘Nacho Libre’ and sleeper hit ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ — and they are abysmal.

‘Gentlemen Broncos’ has been called “unfunny” and “ill conceived” by the Los Angeles Times, “overly quirky” by Reuters and “unwatchable” by Bloomberg.com; while USA Today calls the characters “pathetic,” “uninteresting,” and “unsympathetic.” The New York Times says the film is a “misfire.” Entertainment Weekly’s Lisa Schwarzbaum begins her review with “I really didn’t like Gentlemen Broncos.”

One positive assessment comes from Television Without Pity. The site says “Gentlemen Broncos: It’s Like Napoleon Dynamite With a Plot and Acting,” and called the acting “great” at that. Mostly, however, the opinions are not positive — though Jemaine Clemet’s performance is largely praised as the one bright spot.

It’s the second critical failure for the filmmaking duo. ‘Nacho Libre’ fared better, but not well, upon its release in 2006.

Perhaps ‘Napoleon Dynamite,’ the 2004 flick that came out of nowhere and charmed audiences and critics alike, becoming a pop culture phenomenon, was a fluke. The Hess’s first movie, if not universally liked, was mostly well received. And it made a star out of Jon Heder. Perhaps it’s time to bring it back in sequel form and see if it works again. Apparently this is under consideration.
 
Starpulse recently spoke to Jared Hess, who said there will probably not but maybe will be a second ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ movie.

He said, “I think initially, there was talk about that but at least from doing another film, shooting another live-action movie with Napoleon, I just don’t know if it would have the same charm, especially with the success that particular film has had.”

But then he went on, “I think the characters of that world were so much fun, it definitely maybe warrants the continuing adventures of them so we’ll see what happens.”

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