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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 in School of Rock and High Fidelity, his strengths really show. But in Nacho Libre he’s saddled with a caricature. Weighed down by too much low-brow humour and a script that goes nowhere, Nacho Libre just can’t make full enough use of Black’s talents to overcome the obstacles. --Daniel Vancini
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Celebrating the triumphs and tribulations of the lovable loser is no easy thing, but filmmaker Jared Hess seems to thrive in this specific cinematic exercise. Working fresh off the success of Napoleon Dynamite, Hess finds a similarly endearing hero-without-a-clue in Ignacio, played by Jack Black (High Fidelity, King Kong), the title character in Nacho Libre. Ignacio, growing up in a poor monastery in Mexico, has dreamed of being a professional wrestler since childhood. This obsession has led him to a thankless adult existence as monastery whipping-boy and chef, serving stale, day-old nacho chips to finicky orphans. In an effort to earn the respect of new nun-hottie Sister Encarnacion (Ana De La Reguera) and escape the monastery into the greedy excess of pro wrestling, Ignacio enters a local amateur competition. Along the way, he picks up the notably scrawny yet tough street urchin Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez) as his tag-team partner. The duo hilariously loses badly and repeatedly to all manner of local wrestling oddities. It is only when Ignacio recognizes a higher goal than money and glory that he can truly compete with his professional idols, including the dreaded and evil champion Ramses. Co-written with Hess's writing partner and wife, Jerusha, and noted screenwriter Mike White (Chuck & Buck, The Good Girl), Nacho Libre is stocked with real-life wrestlers doing their thing. Jack Black's over-the-top physical humour blends in perfectly with repeated viewings of his "stretchie pants" and timely flatulence. In concert, the elements fuse to distill a comedy that should appeal to all ages eager to be pinned down in a full-nelson by laughter.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Well.
Where to begin... I dislike Jack Black. Well, used to anyway. Hated School of Rock and never bothered with Tenacious D.
Then I saw this movie at the Cinema.
Nacho Libre.
Ok ok, not going to be everyone's cup of tea but boy, I love it. I love everything about. There are so many GREAT one liners dotted throughout the movie too, barely a day goes by without me crying out "Nachoooo" or "I believe in Science".
See, none of that will make any sense to you until you see this movie.
I really do love it.
As for it now being on blu ray, great. The colors are fab, Ramsey looks bigger than ever, Steven looks more of a tramp.
You'll either love it or hate. Go on, take a chance.
XXoxXoox
Where to begin... I dislike Jack Black. Well, used to anyway. Hated School of Rock and never bothered with Tenacious D.
Then I saw this movie at the Cinema.
Nacho Libre.
Ok ok, not going to be everyone's cup of tea but boy, I love it. I love everything about. There are so many GREAT one liners dotted throughout the movie too, barely a day goes by without me crying out "Nachoooo" or "I believe in Science".
See, none of that will make any sense to you until you see this movie.
I really do love it.
As for it now being on blu ray, great. The colors are fab, Ramsey looks bigger than ever, Steven looks more of a tramp.
You'll either love it or hate. Go on, take a chance.
XXoxXoox
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
His best serious role is in Peter Jackson`s King Kong as Carl Denham. His best comedy role must be NACHO. It is really funny and has it`s touching moments. I highly recommend it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By I. Vanburgh
Format:DVD
Just love this film....Jack Black is very very funny in this. I actually found this funnier the second time around that I watched it. Recommended.
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Very Funny
Well worth the expense. One of Jack Blacks early films and very funny into the bargain. Highly recommended. Thank you.
Published 6 days ago by Major Bloodnock
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A good laugh.
Was difficult to find this DVD in store. It's a movie that'll just make you laugh anytime of the day.
Published 3 months ago by Deacon
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dvd
arrived very quickly that is a good thing near christmas time as it could of been a gift very funny film good packaging
Published 4 months ago by lilyana44
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jack Black........ you are so cool!
This is just one of the funniest movies ever made. Great comic violence, great jokes, great movie. Jack Black just steals the show! He is SO FUNNY! Read more
Published 9 months ago by M. Emilia Nogueras Corral
5.0 out of 5 stars
Comedy Genius!
If I could give this film ten stars, I surely would! It's absolutely hilarious. I put it on whenever there is nothing worth watching on TV (which is quite often really) and laugh... Read more
Published 16 months ago by CLINT McGAVIN
4.0 out of 5 stars
El gordo es gracioso
Another quasi-indie hit that was really always set for success due to the inclusion of the comedy antics of Jack Black. Read more
Published 21 months ago by ratmonkey
2.0 out of 5 stars
Just not that funny.
Ever since he was a child, Ignacio (Jack Black) has been obssesed with wrestling and dreams of being a luchadore. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2011 by Mark G.
5.0 out of 5 stars
great film
bought this film for 2 sons on recommendation of a friend,they absolutely love it, jack black is hilarious, school of rock was favourite film, i think this has taken over. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2010 by ChrisH
1.0 out of 5 stars
UTTER CACK!
This so called film is UTTER CACK! WHAT WAS GOING ON! just complete nonsense from start to finish,JOKES CACK, ACTING CACK,STORY CACK, JACK CACK! Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2010 by STEVEN RUSSELL
1.0 out of 5 stars
Jack Black has potentially ruined his career...and the career of...
If you want to see a film which is meant to be funny, have no laughs what so ever then this is the film for you. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2009 by AMW
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