Nacho Libre (2006)

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

...........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. CA., CALI, COLOMBIA...and ORLANDO, FL Nacho Libre barely had 10 million(US) at its disposal to cover the cost of its production. With the exception of Jack Black(School of Rock, King Kong), there really is no cast member who is well-known outside of the USA. In the Hispanic world, Ana de la Reguera is known for numerous appearances in soap operas and movies, but for the English-speaking audience, she is a complete unknown…. at least until the release of Nacho Libre.Directed and written by Jared Hess(Napoleon Dynamite) a director who has gained a well-earned reputation for going against all the Hollywood rules of "Formula". To enjoy the schizophrenic world of Nacho Libre, however, you don't have to be to be a genius. It is a uniquely original and zany vision that no one could possibly confuse with reality. However, it is the kind of film that does not frame itself very well in high expectations. It is somewhat counterproductive to announce beforehand, "Oh, now here we have a very amusing and hilarious movie". (Despite the fact that for my wife, Carmen and I, "LIBRE" most certainly was both!) Perhaps the main attraction here is a surreal simplicity, innocence and freshness, and that its basic raison d'etre is so utterly hair-brained and absurd...but in the best possible way! Shouldn't go into much more detail here, so as not to ruin it for you with anything resembling a Spoiler. But taking this into account, I will dare to offer the following observations: Another interesting element of LIBRE is that, seemingly, it was made tailored to seek out a new market in the United States...The bilingual movie buff! (at least "new" in relation to film production.) Jack Black is listed as the sole producer. That is, he put up his own money betting there would be a receptive bilingual viewing audience segment! .It must be noted, however, that there are a number of attempts at humor that flat out do not work in LIBRE. But these flubs, fortunately, are handily outnumbered by scenes that DO produce considerable laughter. The sight of Nacho Libre and his tag-teammate "Esqueleto" ("Skeleton") wrestling and taking on the world is about as close as I ever want to come to dying of laughter! The love songs composed and sung by Jack Black are so slapstick operatic exaggerated, so insanely ridiculous and so poorly rendered, that they end up being immensely entertaining.Most certainly, Nacho Libre is not a classic of the Seventh Art that will be much debated ten years in the future. But it definitely will keep you laughing a lot during an hour and a half of your life! 8*....ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!!!

This is a goofy offbeat comedy set is Mexico where Jack Black plays Friar Ignacio stuck with cooking for orphans in a remote monastery.He teams up with a street kid to form a tag team and although getting some bizarre beating in the ring they earn enough money to get better food for the orphans. Brother Ignacio also hopes to impress the new nun who he finds rather appealing. However as the monastery frowns on wrestling, he fights as a masked wrestlerAfter a while tired of losing and wanting to make money as a winner he challenges top wrestler Ramses and hope he can soar like an eagle.This is a quirky underdog story with a right blend of humour and action when the action is consigned to the ring but does not always flow altogether when the story is away from the ring when it can easily become dull despite some gross out humour.

I remember (when 5 years old) watching wrestling on TV from the Olympic Auditorium in LA. Then when my son was around 6-7 we visited relatives in Mexico and were taken to a wrestling match. My son enjoyed it so much that, when grown and he saw Nacho Libre, he called me. Told me to watch Nacho Libre. I did and the rest is laugh history. The setting for Nacho is very authentically Mexico. Jack is superb as is Jimenez and "Encarnacion" aw well as the rest of the cast. I've watched the movie so many times, I quote it (by heart) in conversations now and then. I just bought the CD Sound Track as all the music and songs as perfect. The main song (I love in the movie), "Mucha Muchacha" is not in the CD. I could have had a heart attack. Many other song as are omitted. Why? I need to know. I love Mucha Muchacha and the other ones not found in the CD.

The monk Ignacio (Jack Black) loves the orphan in the monastery and dreams on becoming a wrestler. He teams up with the bum Esqueleto (Héctor Jiménez) and wears a mask to secretly fight in the arena for amateurs with the alias Nacho. They are losers but they receive money for the fight that Ignacio uses to buy better food for the orphans. When the gorgeous Sister Encarnación (Ana de la Reguera) comes to live in the monastery, Ignacio has feelings for her. When the monks discover his secret, Ignacio is expelled from the monastery. Now he needs to win the number one wrestler Ramses (Cesar Gonzalez) to become a professional fighter. The awfully unfunny "Nacho Libre" is certainly one of the worst movies i have ever seen. The story is stupid and corny and even Jack Black is impossible to save this doomed crap. Maybe people with IQ problem may laugh watching this terrible comedy. The only thing worthwhile in this movie is the gorgeous actress Ana de la Reguera from the beautiful Veracruz. My vote is one (awful).Title (Brazil): "Nacho Libre"