Genre: Comedy
Tagline: He's nacho average hero
Plot: Nacho (Jack Black) is a man without skills. After growing up in a Mexican monastery, he is now a grown man and the monastery’s cook, but doesn’t seem to fit in. Nacho cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but his food is terrible – mostly, if you ask him, a result of his terrible ingredients. He realizes he must hatch a plan to make money to buy better food for “the young orphans, who have nothing” (…and if in doing so Nacho can impress the lovely Sister Encarnación, that would be a big plus).When Nacho is struck by the idea to earn money as a Lucha Libre wrestler, he finds that he has a natural, raw talent for wrestling. As he teams with his railthin, unconventional partner, Esqueleto (the Skeleton), Nacho feels for the first time in his life that he has something to fight for and a place where he belongs. As Lucha is strictly forbidden by the church elders at the monastery, Nacho is forced to lead a double life. Disguised by a sky blue mask, Nacho conceals his true identity as he takes on Mexico’s most famous wrestlers and takes on a hilarious quest to make life a little sweeter at the orphanage. The creators of “Napoleon Dynamite” team up with the writer of “The School of Rock” for this offbeat
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 If you're a fan of Jack Black's overacting antics, you may find what Nacho Libre has to offer to be palatable. For me, the film dragged. It's only 90 minutes long, but it seemed longer. I laughed a few times, usually at physical gags...,but too little ofthe film's humor worked its magic. Neither the romance nor the friendship between Nacho and Esqueleto has an effective emotional payoff, and attempts to humanize the Nacho caricature make parts of the film feel awkward...  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
You can probably tell just from looking at the ads whether or not you're going to like "Nacho Libre." Go with your instincts, because they're probably right. But if you liked "Napoleon Dynamite," "Nacho Libre" has a pretty good chance of entertaining you. 8/10--Scott Chitwood (ComingSoon.net)
Maybe I was wrong to expect more than cheap jokes and stretchy pants here, but I think it's just sad that all these great comic minds could come up with such a lackluster flick.  --Brian Gallagher (MovieWeb)
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Jared Hess
Napoleon Dynamite, Peluca, Untitled Wrestling Project |
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Jared Hess
Napoleon Dynamite, Pride and Prejudice, Peluca | |
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