Subtle, stylized and nearly sublime

Rating: 9/10 (20 June 2006)

This is the story of a priest in a small nondescript South American town and his secret desires to become a "luchador" or wrestler. People might not get this just like they didn't get Napoleon Dynamite till the usual battalion of cultists tapped their stupid friends on the shoulder and said "you gotta watch this, mad funny". This movie makes fun of all the cliché's of the sport genre, and the love story and the religion VS sinful urge theme. The setting is very original, the shooting style distinctive...saw it opening night in NYC and the audience cracked up the whole time. Take it with a grain of salt and it'll end up compelling you.