Hilarious at some ends, good at other ends

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2007)

Friar Nacho is the cook in a monastery. Day after day he has to make stew for the kids and the other people living there because there is no money for anything better. And day after day he dreams to become a "luchador", a free wrestler, so that he can make more money and become something important for the monastery. When a free fight event is issued in his village he grabs his chances and together with someone from town he goes to the match, ready to show his wild side.
Comedies with Jack Black in a lead are always a one of a kind trick. You like them or you don't. The people that like Black in the comedies where he can make his funny faces and use his strange singing voice will probably like this film. Others will probably not like it. Personally I didn't know Black at all until I saw School of Rock and I love that one. While this one doesn't come close to that I still find it very funny - it has a couple hilarious sequences in it.
All in all the film adds a number of very good bits to a number of good bits to a number of mediocre bits and the combination works well enough - easy to watch, easy to forget. Watch once, never again. Detach the brain before watching though - there really isn't much it can do while this film is rolling.
8 out of 10 shocked wrestlers