Nacho Libre
Nacho Libre
PG | 16 June 2006 (USA)
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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.

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juanshoe

Jack Black presents one of his best performances. Subtly is the key in this movie and Jack Black does an amazing job with no over the top exaggerating stupid funny lines. It's perfectly done in his acting out a fryer who desires to be a famous wrestler. I mean cmon most kids had this fantasy then coming to realize that his long time heroes are just big jerks. Super funny, definitely recommend the watch!

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Micah Van Dyke

Nacho Libre is a fun action filled family friendly movie. Starring Jack Black as Nacho Libre as an orphan in a orphanage in Mexico. Ever since he was a little boy he has dreamed of becoming a louche lour(Mexican wrestler) but the religion of his orphanage forbids it. The leader of the orphanage says it is not the lords way. The orphanage is running low on money and food so all they get to eat is muck and chips. Nacho is tired of it so he sets out to be a louche lour. One day he is in an alleyway grabbing the chips for the orphans he is attacked by a scrawny hobo named Stephen Nacho realizes his speed and great strength. They become partners and there training begins. There first fight comes around and it turns out they aren't very good Nacho is angry but Stephen doesn't really care. The referee comes out and throws them a pack of money and they realize this could be the turning point for the orphanage watch the movie to find out. This movie is action filled hilarious and family friendly if you like all of those things this is the movie for you!

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CyberSpaceGod

As a multitude of films that have some soulless being translating the name.. Names shouldn't be translated, much less movie titles, the way they are in Portuguese is so awfully done..The title in Portuguese should be: "Nacho Livre (2006)" and not the nonsensical one it has: "Super Nacho - O Herói do Wrestling (2006)", a really bad translation for a title..Bad movie title translations on the side, good movie..P.S.:Please stop the person/people who translate movie titles on IMDb from doing it, they are ruining the IMDb image and changing the movie story/experience with that..

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MazzingerZ

This is a gem among too many movies trying to make comedy...those movies certainly deliver some good laughs but after you leave the movie theater the smile starts fading away and after a couple of days have past you barely remember you watched that movie...On the other hand, Nacho Libre delivers so many memorable moments! The humor is very Mexican which is ironic since some users complains about it being racist let me tell you that it was really enjoyed in Mexico because most of the people there "got it". American movies use stereotypes when it comes to Mexican that are not even accurate, like saying "Ole" or using a Flamenco hat(those are only used in Spain) or just putting actors that have Latino roots but their Spanish is far from Mexican Spanish (for ex. Benicio Del Toro)...it might not matter for US audience but the ones that know the difference between Mexican vs Central American or South American Spanish makes a big difference.Jared Hess uses real Mexican people and locations (Oaxaca, probably the poorest Mexican state but also one of the most beautiful), he seems to know Mexican culture well,the stuff they show is real Mexico the name of the kid is spot on, actually in Mexico everybody has a nickname and no one get offended, folks joke about their defects and no one gets hurt.The clothes, food, traditions and phrases spoken by Nacho are 100% grammatical correct so I would say that no American movie has ever being more respectful portraying Mexico that this movie...a movie about Mexico that actually feels Mexico. Mexico is a large country and has modern cities as well, but this was just the perfect place to tell the story of Nacho, it couldn't have taken place anywhere else. Mexican "Luchadores" in this movie remainds of real ones, one of them a legendary one but with a different color in the mask and I do not mean El Santo (which Jared was a fan as a kid) and the other remainds of a loyal companion but double as many although not as violent;-)Like I wrote, locations are beautiful so is the cinematography and the music, ohhh the music!This movie is for the whole family (although my kids got a little frighted by the "violence" on the ring since here is not common to see that kind of stuff), the innocence in Nacho is a pleasure to see, how good-hearted he is makes you happy, gives hope in a world full of so many ugly things. Friendship between him and his companion is fantastic. But don't misunderstand me, the humor is even more enjoyable for adults since only we get some of the jokes or see the craziness in them, humor is delivered in a way that makes it enjoyable for both young ones and adults.Secondary actors are fantastic as well!Kids learn more from this movie than watching some empty animated movie full of songs and about the same subject every time which somehow underestimates the capacity of analysis kids have. I rarely see movies twice, not year after year at least...I have only a bunch in that category: The Godfather I- II, Goodfellas, Once Upon a Time In The West, Dersu Uzala and a couple more...and yes: Nacho Libre.I laugh always so hard that my stomach hurts, the kid inside me enjoys this movie as much as my other part: the adult. I wish world leaders were more like Nacho, we all should be more like Nacho.

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