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Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2006)

I hate to have to compare previous works but Jared Hess' original claim to fame, Napoleon Dynamite, even though not great, blows this out of the water. The thing about that movie was the charm that it had. It produced a level of charm that allowed for it to have a certain stupid humor. Most of all, extremely likable and somewhat realistic characters. Nacho Libre on the other hand, does not. They make too many fart/poop jokes (even a scene early on where someone has cow feces rubbed on their face) that even a fan of poop/fart jokes (really I am!) felt dumber watching it. There are scenes where fart sounds are inserted basically because with out them there, the scene would have been a little bit bland (which was one reason Napoleon Dynamite succeeded so well). This movie has nothing good to come out of it story wise. On the other hand, the film uses a vibrant color pallet fairly well. My only complaint was that after a while, it felt like too much and i was sick of it. Jack Black is funny... in other movies; his jokes here are lame and the same. I fear for Jared Hess' future; once a bright star in a galaxy filled with fading ones, now just seems to be another shooting star.