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This Jack Black vehicle seems, on the surface, like a perfect fit for the actor: an opportunity to showcase Black's unique style with the extreme facial gestures and exuberant physicality that have become his forte. Black plays Ignacio, a lowly cook in a monastery in central Mexico who feeds orphans by day, and wrestles in the town square at night. Ignacio teams up with Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez), a street urchin who tormented him, to form a tag-team duo that goes up against the strangest wrestlers Mexico has to offer. Besides doing it for money to feed the orphans, Ignacio is also fighting to win the forbidden affections of Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera) with predictable difficulty. While the movie has likeable characters and the plot is enjoyable enough, it can’t overcome its plodding pace and formulaic structure enough to keep the movie interesting throughout. Jack Black is a very strong comedic actor, and the wrestling scenes offer plenty of chances for slapstick, physical comedy, but watching him run around in red briefs and blue tights amounts to half the laughs in the movie, and there’s just not enough here for him to really work with. When he plays a more well-formed character, as inandHigh Fidelity, his strengths really show. But inNacho Librehe’s saddled with a caricature. Weighed down by too much low-brow humor and a script that goes nowhere,Nacho Librejust can’t make full enough use of Black’s talents to overcome the obstacles.--Daniel Vancini
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Cast:
Jack Black,
Héctor Jimenez,
Efren Ramirez,
Ana de la Reguera,
Darius Rose
Director: Jared Hess
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: June 16, 2006
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Writer: Mike White, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006
Runtime: 92 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Director: Jared Hess
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: June 16, 2006
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Writer: Mike White, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
DVD Release Date: October 24, 2006
Runtime: 92 minutes
Studio: Paramount
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If you have an appreciation of fake Mexican accents, tag team wrestling, or orphans, Nacho Libre is for you. Jack Black takes on the lead in this hilarious Jared Hess movie. Set in Mexico, it features Nacho, an orphan who grew up cooking meals for the monks and orphans of the monastery. Since childhood, it was his dream to be a luchador, or Mexican wrestler. Finally, Nacho has had enough and goes against the monks’ wishes and begins wrestling at night. … more
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Jack Black is lovable as usual. However, this film shows a double standard on body size. It is cute to have men and little boys be of a larger waist size, but a female who on the larger size is ugly and undesirable. The actress playing the larger size woman ridiculed was beautiful, but yet her character was put into a very negative light focusing on her size and her aggressiveness. The heroic female character was of thin size and fairly soft spoken. This movie would have been much more entertaining … more
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A movie starring Jack Black in tights - Nacho Libre had the potential to be a bomb or hilarious. Fortunately, it veers closer to the latter. Black, a monk at a Mexican monastery, has a secret obsession with wrestling. He sneaks out to wrestle, but constantly loses. As the cover suggests, the film's comedy is pretty outrageous and odd, such when Black gets defeated by the midget "Satan's Cavemen" tag-team. It's hard to say why exactly the movie is funny, but it's probably just a mix of Jack Black's … more
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A movie starring Jack Black in tights - Nacho Libre had the potential to be a bomb or hilarious. Fortunately, it veers closer to the latter. Black, a monk at a Mexican monastery, has a secret obsession with wrestling. He sneaks out to wrestle, but constantly loses. As the cover suggests, the film's comedy is pretty outrageous and odd, such when Black gets defeated by the midget "Satan's Cavemen" tag-team. It's hard to say why exactly the movie is funny, but it's probably just a mix of Jack Black's … more
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A movie starring Jack Black in tights - Nacho Libre had the potential to be a bomb or hilarious. Fortunately, it veers closer to the latter. Black, a monk at a Mexican monastery, has a secret obsession with wrestling. He sneaks out to wrestle, but constantly loses. As the cover suggests, the film's comedy is pretty outrageous and odd, such when Black gets defeated by the midget "Satan's Cavemen" tag-team. It's hard to say why exactly the movie is funny, but it's probably just a mix of Jack Black's … more
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review by MichaelN.
April 29, 2009
This farce on the Mexican wrestling scene is not one of Black's better comedies ("Shallow Hal" and "School of Rock" were far superior) though it does have its entertaining moments. Black is a friar in a Mexican type of convent for orphans who is in charge of the chef duties. Basically, the food consists of a type of gruel with nachos (I guess when you combine nacho with lucha libre you get the title). Black sees an advertisement where he can earn 200 pesos as a tag team. He convinces a derelict, … more
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review by Candice923.
April 12, 2008
Pros: very funny, perfect length, no sex or gory violence Cons: some super silly moments, sure to make anyone roll their eyes The Bottom Line: Nacho Libre is a funny movie decent for families with teenagers. Plot Details: This opinion reveals major details about the movie''s plot. Well, Jack Black has done it again. A true master of characters, Black embodies Brother Ignacio, a Mexican friar at an orphanage and monastery, who … more
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review by MichaelN.
February 20, 2007
This farce on the Mexican wrestling scene is not one of Black's better comedies ("Shallow Hal" and "School of Rock" were far superior) though it does have its entertaining moments. Black is a friar in a Mexican type of convent for orphans who is in charge of the chef duties. Basically, the food consists of a type of gruel with nachos (I guess when you combine nacho with lucha libre you get the title). Black sees an advertisement where he can earn 200 pesos as a tag team. He convinces a derelict, … more
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review by Fudge23.
January 03, 2007
Pros: Jack Black, Jared Hess writing, unique humor and filming style. Cons: generally too silly to be funny The Bottom Line: Clean humor all ages film. Mexican wrestling humor is not for everybody. I like Jack Black. I have enjoyed all of his films Saving Silverman, Shallow Hal, School of Rock, King Kong, and find him generally funny. His face, his posture, his girth, his expressions, he's just a funny guy but with a big heart. … more
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review by MzJen_2_review.
December 29, 2006
Nacho Libre is a ridiculously funny movie. All of my favorite comedies are completely silly, and Nacho Libre is no exception. There is plenty of stuff that makes no sense, as you can pretty much tell from the first "training" scene. But the chemistry is there with the cast and the script is so off-the-wall that you have to be completely lacking a sense of humor to not crack up while watching Nacho Libre. Director Hess does a great job in giving Black freedom to steal the show. The movie depicts … more
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