Successful humor/ good hearted

Rating: 10/10 (12 December 2008)

I'm sorry but I don't understand people who give this movie bad reviews. I guess we all have our own taste and people are allowed to not like it (I can see how you might need to be familiar with Mexican culture a bit to laugh maybe) but for me, this movie was a home run comedy. It was not racist either...anyone who thinks that is probably a very annoying person in general.
This movie was totally silly fun with rhythm and tone that was spot on. The humor lacked the tired sexual jokes that seem to be obligatory in today's comedies, or idiotic humor of children-safe movies making it almost impossible to actually enjoy a laugh together as a family.
There were so many jokes that were somehow incredibly funny as well as cute, like little Chancho, a kid at the orphanage who is especially fond of Nacho, giving Nacho his deceased mother's "lucky Machete" as a gift (one wonders how many machetes this woman had and why?!). Also, this movie had a good hearted story involving a man who is determined to use his desire to be a wrestler for good and not evil, showing us that you don't have to fit into a perfect mold to be a "man of God".
Jack Black is a genius. His facial expressions and body language are enough to watch the movie with the sound off and still be rolling on the floor. Everything from the dead-pan delivery of Jack Black's lines ("It is in the bible not to wrestle your neighbor.")to the sleazy gypsy that tries to help them get magical "eagle powers" this movie is a new classic as far as I'm concerned. By the way, Napolean Dynamite did nothing for me, just so you know.