Nacho Libre 2006

He's nacho average hero.

6.4 / 10   1488 vote(s)
PG
Comedy Family Drama

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.

Homepage http://www.nacholibre.com/
Release Date 2006-06-16
Runtime 1h 32m
Directors Xavier Grobet, Jared Hess, Christopher Lagunes, Nick Powell, Frederic Henocque, Patrick Heyerdahl, Victor Herrera McNaught
Producers Jack Black, Steve Nicolaides, Mike White, Ricardo Del Río, Julia Pistor, Catherine Sudolcan, David Klawans, Ben LeClair, Alexander Westerman, Damon Ross, Ben Cooley, Bob Fernley
Writers Mike White, Jared Hess, Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess, Jerusha Hess

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.

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