Nacho Libre is all about Jack Black. Black plays Nacho, an overweight orphanage cook who moonlights as a luchador to supplement the grocery bills for the kids and earn some personal respect and glory. To have an out-of-shape friar aspire to become a luchador is clearly a hilarious premise, but the best decision director Jared Hess made is to pick Black to play that fat friar (even though native Mexicans may find his phony accent offensive). And Black is pretty much THE movie, everything else has become completely secondary.
If you are an American wrestling fan, it may also be interesting to get a peek into Mexican Lucha Libre tournament. At least based on this movie, it is even wilder and more outrageous than its American counterparts.
Whether you will enjoy this movie will largely depend on whether you are a Jack Black fan or not. I happen to be one that finds Jack Black unbelievably funny. Jim Carrey and Robin Williams’ physical comedy always strikes me as trying too hard. Black, on the other hand, could make me laugh by merely standing there and looking seriously into the camera. He has a unique self-deprecating sense of humor that tickles my funny bone. In Nacho Libre, Black carries the entire movie. As long as you enjoy him, you can forget all the other flaws in the script and have a good time. If you are not his fan, then don’t waste your time.
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因为一部the school of rock而成为jack的影迷。NachoLibre曾经是今年夏天俺最期待的电影。但很遗憾SHCHOOL OF ROCK +Napoleon Dynamite=@#%!？有点夹生。
感觉Nacho没能超越School Of Rock好。最崇拜jack唱歌了。
原来指望这部电影能成今年的wedding crasher呢。看来不成了。click票房表现不错。不过俺还是更期待The Devil Wears Prada！
Yes, the School of Rock is a much better film than Nacho Libre. Nacho Libre as a film alone is really pretty terrible, but Jack Black is still quite funny and he is the reason for me to watch this film.
Meryl Streep is said to be great (as usual) in The Devil Wears Prada. I read the book before and would have never pictured Streep as the mean boss. May go see it if I have time.
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