So stupid it's funny

Rating: 4/10 (27 June 2006)

Before I start my review I would like to say, what was Paramount thinking? Nacho Libre was so bad bad and so stupid, it actually made the movie funnier than it should have been. The story follows a Mexican Priest by the name of Nacho who attempts to wrestle in the local towns arena to earn money for the orphanage he lives at. Along with his partner Esqueleto, Nacho losses every match but earns money as he does it, brining happiness to the orphans.
It sounds like a fairly decent idea for a family film. However, the filmmakers are able to bend and twist the characters into such stupidity that nothing makes sense by the end. Jack Black is a good entertainer, I'll give him that but he is just too stupid to be taken at all serious. Some may say I'm being ridiculous because I'm talking about a comedy film. I know it is a comedy, what I'm saying is that Nacho is just to unbelievable and stupid to cause many laughs.
Some scenes are pretty funny, especially near the beginning but by the end, it is just so ridiculous that I could only sit in my seat stunned and muttering to myself "What was Paramount thinking?" Kids may like the stupid antics of Jack Black, he's proved his ability to act with King Kong but doing this film was a serious set back. Don't go to watch this film to laugh at the jokes, but how stupid the film really is.
2/5 Stars