"Peluca" is a 9-minute short film from 12 years ago and it was the precursor film for "Napoleon Dynamite", which was done a year later. Writer and director is Jared Hess and the lead actor is Jon Heder. Both of course returned for "Napoleon Dynamite". I have to say I had no idea what a peluca was, but after googling the word, now it makes sense. It sounded like some Serbian city to me at first. However, I have to say I found this black-and-white film fairly forgettable unfortunately. Then again I am not the greatest "Napoleon Dynamite" fan either. So if you liked the feature film, this one probably deserves a chance, even if I personally found it more weird than funny although these two terms probably go pretty close in all the humor that has to do with the title character. Still I have no interest to watch it again, underwhelming effort by Hess here.
Review of Peluca
