Blaah

Rating: 5/10 (30 September 2007)

Nacho Libre is a wildly inconsistent movie that could have worked, but didn't. The story of a orphanage cook secretly making money on the side as a lucha libre wrestler is a pretty humorous prospect, and I have to admit, that whole side of the story...(read more) worked. The movie majorly falls flat on two big points though, A) The love story wasn't clicking on any levels. The two didn't have any chemistry and b) Jack Black's constant mugging throughout the movie. It was like "LOOK HOW CLEVER I AM! HA HA! Aren't I FUNNY??" The reason School Of Rock worked so well is that Black stayed within the confines of the character and made it truly believable (and therefore quite funny) In this one, Jack's trying to hard, and therefore, the movie doesn't work.