Nacho Libre was made for those who didn't consider Napoleon Dynamite weird enough.
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06/15/06
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
141 - 160 (sorted by date; Australian critics are listed first)
What is missing in plot and character development is made up for in silly fun.
06/15/06
Top CriticHess seems intent on proving that lowbrow American slapstick comedies can be as slow and deliberate as the films of Robert Bresson.
06/15/06
It is a funny movie, and it's recognizably the work of the Napoleon director, whose comic appreciation for polyester, food fights and Chapstick remains firm.
06/15/06
Black has the potential to be the rare comedian capable of making lemons into lemonade, but the fruit he's squeezing here is bone-dry.
06/15/06
Nacho Libre, with its relatively (and refreshingly) tame PG rating, is likely to thrill boys under 13. But it may also evoke laughs even if you're far removed from that demographic.
06/15/06
This could quickly turn into a train wreck if both the material and the performances weren't there to fill the frame. Fortunately, Nacho Libre is able to keep fading to Black, who has the lucha of love. And of greatness.
06/15/06
Fans of Napoleon Dynamite will love this endearing comedy with its visual flair and delicious fairy-tale magic.
06/15/06
For all of Black's slovenly tics, his impish drive is the only thing that keeps Nacho Libre from slipping off the tracks.
06/15/06
Ridiculous as it may sound, this is a comedy about a man whose good intentions lead him into temptation and out again. Viva Nacho!
06/15/06
Jack Black body slams his way into the heavyweight division of physical comedy with Nacho Libre.
06/15/06
Nacho Libre may settle for too little, but at least it isn't a miserable high-concept vanity project.
06/15/06
Sometimes it looks like a movie that was more fun to make than it is to watch.
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
That's Hess' filmmaking secret: His camera treats its often painfully gawky subjects with the sort of reverence normally given a matinee idol. In Hess' universe, the last shall be first.
06/15/06
It's all good clean fun, as much a celebration of outsider absurdity as Napoleon Dynamite was.
06/15/06
An airtight packaging of the actor's worst tendencies, with Black tearing into the part like a burrito he knows he shouldn't be eating.
06/15/06
very funny despite the fact that the film is dumbed-down and awkward.
06/15/06
very funny despite the fact that the film is dumbed-down and awkward.
06/15/06
An all-too typical example of a sophomore slump.
06/15/06
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