Nacho Libre

Reviewed by Jay Quidem
July 3, 2006

Director: Jared Hess Studio: Paramount/Nickelodeon MPAA: PG Website: Click Here Review Rating: 7 out of 10

Screencap from Nacho Libre.

“Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room... It's for fun.” - Nacho Libre

After being dropped off at a monastery to live out his days as a reluctant priest, young Ignacio (Jack Black) grows tired of his daily duties, which mostly consist of cooking inedible meals (due to lack of good ingredients) for the whole convent. Though he claims his life is for God, his heart still harbors the childhood dream of practicing the art of Lucha Libre.

It is not until the lovely Sister Encarnación joins their chapter that Ignacio realizes his true calling for God. He is to wrestle, not for personal gain, but for “the young orphans who have nothing.” (He also keeps in mind that nothing would touch the lovely sister's heart more than such a goal.)

Many have claimed that this movie is like Napoleon Dynamite , mixed in with Lucha Libre. Though not the greatest of comedies, it puts forth a good effort for a PG movie and offers quite a number of chuckles. Nacho Libre is a good way to start off the summer, and even if it doesn't seem like your kind of thing, it's worth the money just to tell everyone you saw it in theatres.

Nacho Libre gets a good old Medium on the Evolution Factor. It's funny enough for both kids and adults, but there are better comedies out there.