Nacho Libre (2006)

Germany, United States of America

Comedy, Family, Drama

Paramount, Nickelodeon Movies, Black & White Productions, MP Inka

Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Héctor Jiménez, Darius Rose, Moisés Arias, Carlos Maycotte

Jared Hess

Mike White, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess

Taglines: He's nacho average hero.

mexico, nun, sports, monk, secret identity, orphanage, wrestling, wilderness, ringer, money, catholic, luchador, masked wrestler, inner conflict

Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage he directed.

Reviews:

Author: r96sk
Not as fun as I expected it to be. 'Nacho Libre' does do some things well, Jack Black is good and the wrestling scenes are mostly nicely done. However, I didn't really dig the rest of it - whether it be the laughter lacking humour, or the uninteresting story with the orphanage. It is at least a relatively short flick, but it isn't one I'd be in a rush to rewatch.