If you are looking for gross-out humour and fun, then look no further at the box office than “Nacho Libre,” starring Jack Black. “Nacho Libre” is Jack Black at Jack Black’s best, showcasing his witty humour that you can’t help but laugh at, even if you think he is gross.

“Nacho Libre,” directed by Jared Hess, starts out innocently enough. Black, who plays Nacho, is a man of God at a monastery filled with orphans and cooks their food. Nacho realizes that he doesn’t have enough money to buy food for the orphans, after a bit of decision making, decides to follow his desire to start wrestling. Only problem: wrestling is frowned upon by God.

Throw in some gross humour as Nacho and his partner in wrestling crime, Esqueleto, played by Hector Jimenez, practices and try to get in shape for the fights. Yes, it is gross, especially when Black has his shirt off, but after the first ten minutes of seeing his manly physique in tight “stretchy” pants, it all blurs together and is more funny than gross.

There is a bright spot in Nacho’s wrestling partner and friend, Esqueleto. His bad teeth, dumb expression, skinny body, goofy smile, and insulting one-liners, drew just as many laughs from the audience for him as Jack Black.

So, we follow all the losses that the pair manages to get, and they get paid a bit for just fighting. The fight scenes are amusing as Nacho prances and skips around the ring and gets slapped silly by midget wrestlers. But it soon turns into a story about Nacho’s greed for fancy clothes to match his stretchy pants and winning, as he forgets to buy food for the orphans one day.

In between all this is some more gross-out humour as Nacho tries to win the affections of a nun, Sister Encarnación, played by Ana de la Reguera, in the monastery, who helps him get back on track and want to fight for the orphans (God frowns on fighting, unless it is for something good).

In the end, and after being kicked out of the monastery for wrestling, Nacho finally gets to win the match against the best wrestler around and wins money for the orphans, and possibly the Sister’s heart. Suddenly it is a feel good film and everyone in the theatre is cheering and smiling as he defeats the best.

All-in-all, the film is good for the type of comedy it portrays. If you are a fan of Jack Black and you like silly, gross-out humour, this is for you. Even if you don’t care for that type of comedy, give it a try, because you may find yourself laughing despite yourself. And, if you are fan of Black’s singing from School of Rock, he does have a solo in this film that will have your ears twitching.






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