Naachso are a bit salty but does have a comedic taste

Rating: 7/10 (5 September 2006)

I guess the effervescent Jack Black was the prototypical actor to play the ludicrous Lucha Libre wrestler "Nacho Libre". Director Jared Hess, who helmed the modern cult classic "Napoleon Dynamite", made the right choice in casting Black. No one could play Nacho better. Black is definitely a "Nacho, Nacho Man" "he had to be the Nachoman." However, I guess what Hess needed was bit more of that cerebral creative gas to pump up his Nacho movie. The film is too inconsistently entertaining. At times it is a wallop of a laugh-fest while at others it wrestles itself to lie flat on the floor. "Nacho Libre" follows a monk named Nacho who desperately wants to provide funding for the orphans he cares for in the monastery. He decides to transform himself into the bubbling alter-ego Nacho with a bubbling emaciated wresting partner named Esqueleto. Nacho also decided to dip into the Nacho physique to impress the beautiful nun, Sister Encarnacion. One thing is for sure, Nacho shows way too much carne to impress Encarnacion. Make no bones about it that Hector Jimenez as Esqueleto is one of the comedic acting charms of the year. It is very reminiscent of another Mexican actor in a Hess film. Of course, I am referring to the performance that made our wildest dreams come true, Efren Ramirez as Pedro in "Napoleon Dynamite". Well, that is the skinny on Jimenez's efforts. "Nacho Libre" is not worth jumping for joy for, but it worthy to greet it with a welcome mat. *** Average