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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75/100
20% fart jokes
20% jabs at catholicism
10% goofy wrestling antics
15% buddy comedy
15% Jared Hess's rural surrealism
10% gentle romance
10% eagle eggs
I don't believe in God. I only believe in Science!
The film that defined a generation, Jared Hess's Nacho Libre is a subtle political commentary masterpiece that takes a hard, harrowing look at the hardships between the different classes in the ruthless country of Mexico. It essentially accomplishes what Denis Villeneuve tried to duplicate just nine years later with Sicario, an infantile attempt at presenting the same very real social issues in a more serious light, but ultimately failing as it is lost in its own twisted story. Here, we are presented with the performance of the century, Jack Black as a hardship-bearing friar who struggles on a daily basis to feed and support the children of the monastery and…
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"Precious Father, why have you given me this desire to wrestle and then made me such a stinky warrior?"
When the fantasy has ended
And all the children are gone
Something good inside me
Helps me to carry on
I ate some bugs
I ate some grass
I use my hand
To wipe my tears
To kiss your mouth
I break my vow
No no no no no no wait josé
Unless you want to
Then
We break our vows together
ENCARNASIooooOOOOONN
Encarnacio-ho-ho-ho-hooonn
EncarnaciooooOOOoooooOOooonnn
*dududududeeeeee*
Encarnacio-ho-ho-ho-hoooooooonnnn
These are the lyrics from a genius luchador that goes by the name of nachhhhhoooooooOOOoooooooooo
Fuck it, 5 stars.
My entire family quotes it regularly. I absolutely love everything that it pulls off. Crude and slow and beautiful. One of my absolute favorite things to watch.
do you remember that time in the ring, when everyone was cheering my name, and I used my strength to rip my blouse
From IMDB trivia:
“During production of the film, Jack Black's PSP was stolen and the entire film crew had to go on lockdown just to look for it.”
I want to watch that movie.
