Funny, but you have to know something about Mexican Culture to understand

Rating: 9/10 (22 June 2006)

I give this movie and 9 because it is really funny! However, my friends who are not familiar with Mexican culture did not find it as funny as I did. You need to understand some of the Spanish in the movie to understand what's going on. Just the title itself for example, wrestling in Mexico is called "lucha libre." Which is not directly translated to "free fight" it's actually means wrestling. In "lucha libre" wrestlers wager their masks and long hair, the loser takes off the mask or cuts their hair at the end of a fight. So that explains the masks and hair. Many more little things like this that are not part of everyday American culture make the movie difficult to understand or simply not as funny to some people.
I laughed through the whole movie! And the people with me did not, probably because they were not Mexican or were not familiar with the language and culture. There were times when I was the only person in the theater laughing! I recommend it because it's light hearted comedy, but you would think it's more funny if you're familiar with Mexican culture!