Jared Hess's far too self consciously campy comedy that takes a one-note joke and beats that dead horse until it's a fine paste splayed all over the ground
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06/29/06
Nacho Libre (2006)
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Reviews Counted:159
Fresh:62
Rotten:97
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: At times hilarious, but other times offensive, Director Jared Hess is unable to recapture the collective charisma of his Napoleon characters, instead relying on a one-joke concept that runs out of steam. Sure to entertain the adolescents, however.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
US Box Office: $80,197,993
Synopsis: Celebrating the triumphs and tribulations of the lovable loser is no easy thing, but filmmaker Jared Hess seems to thrive in this specific cinematic exercise. Working fresh off the success of... [More]
Starring: Jack Black, Ana DeLa Reguera, Hector Jiminez, Peter Stormare
Director: Jared Hess
Reviews for Nacho Libre
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09/23/06
Top CriticIt's more outrageous than hilarious, yet Nacho Libre has the same kind of sweet poignancy its filmmaker Jared Hess brought to his 2004 cult hit Napoleon Dynamite.
09/08/06
Top CriticNacho typical comedy
08/21/06
I really did want to like this film, but I found it pedantic and dull. I actually dozed off in the middle, and I haven't done that since Elizabethtown.
06/15/06
Jack Black finds the perfect role.
06/23/06
I kept waiting for it to get really funny and it never did.
06/17/06
An all-too typical example of a sophomore slump.
06/15/06
The only gag here, as far as I can tell, is Black squeezing himself into a pair of red tights and prancing around like a mental patient. Funny yes, but over the course of an hour and a half, it wears a wee thin.
06/15/06
Nacho Libre can be giddily hilarious and has many solid, silly laughs, but it runs out of flips and tricks -- and steam -- about halfway through.
06/15/06
Sometimes it looks like a movie that was more fun to make than it is to watch.
06/15/06
As in Napoleon Dynamite, there are catchphrases galore, but precious few that stick with you past the theatre parking lot.
06/24/06
Hess seems intent on proving that lowbrow American slapstick comedies can be as slow and deliberate as the films of Robert Bresson.
06/15/06
Puts another monkey on Jack Black's back, but this time it isn't several stories tall, it doesn't have a thing for blondes and it doesn't famously destroy New York real estate. In this case, it's the script.
09/09/06
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08/08/06
Top CriticNacho Libre is all it needs to be--ridiculous from beginning to end.
07/26/06
Very broad and very silly, it's a doodle of a comedy -- a one-joke idea (fat guy goes luchador) padded out to feature length by Black's willingness to do anything for a laugh.
06/16/06
As often as Black's paunchy antics connect, Hess' patchy comedy may have you saying, 'No mas.'
06/22/06
If ever there were a one-trick pony, Nacho Libre is it.
06/16/06
Nacho Libre merely provides some momentary pleasant diversions.
02/28/08
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