You will enjoy this double as much if you are Mexican

Rating: 9/10 (2 February 2016)

This is a gem among too many movies trying to make comedy...those movies certainly deliver some good laughs but after you leave the movie theater the smile starts fading away and after a couple of days have past you barely remember you watched that movie...
On the other hand, Nacho Libre delivers so many memorable moments! The humor is very Mexican which is ironic since some users complains about it being racist let me tell you that it was really enjoyed in Mexico because most of the people there "got it".
American movies use stereotypes when it comes to Mexican that are not even accurate, like saying "Ole" or using a Flamenco hat(those are only used in Spain) or just putting actors that have Latino roots but their Spanish is far from Mexican Spanish (for ex. Benicio Del Toro)...it might not matter for US audience but the ones that know the difference between Mexican vs Central American or South American Spanish makes a big difference.
Jared Hess uses real Mexican people and locations (Oaxaca, probably the poorest Mexican state but also one of the most beautiful), he seems to know Mexican culture well,the stuff they show is real Mexico the name of the kid is spot on, actually in Mexico everybody has a nickname and no one get offended, folks joke about their defects and no one gets hurt.
The clothes, food, traditions and phrases spoken by Nacho are 100% grammatical correct so I would say that no American movie has ever being more respectful portraying Mexico that this movie...a movie about Mexico that actually feels Mexico. Mexico is a large country and has modern cities as well, but this was just the perfect place to tell the story of Nacho, it couldn't have taken place anywhere else.
Mexican "Luchadores" in this movie remainds of real ones, one of them a legendary one but with a different color in the mask and I do not mean El Santo (which Jared was a fan as a kid) and the other remainds of a loyal companion but double as many although not as violent;-)
Like I wrote, locations are beautiful so is the cinematography and the music, ohhh the music!
This movie is for the whole family (although my kids got a little frighted by the "violence" on the ring since here is not common to see that kind of stuff), the innocence in Nacho is a pleasure to see, how good-hearted he is makes you happy, gives hope in a world full of so many ugly things. Friendship between him and his companion is fantastic.
But don't misunderstand me, the humor is even more enjoyable for adults since only we get some of the jokes or see the craziness in them, humor is delivered in a way that makes it enjoyable for both young ones and adults.
Secondary actors are fantastic as well!
Kids learn more from this movie than watching some empty animated movie full of songs and about the same subject every time which somehow underestimates the capacity of analysis kids have.
I rarely see movies twice, not year after year at least...I have only a bunch in that category: The Godfather I- II, Goodfellas, Once Upon a Time In The West, Dersu Uzala and a couple more...and yes: Nacho Libre.
I laugh always so hard that my stomach hurts, the kid inside me enjoys this movie as much as my other part: the adult.
I wish world leaders were more like Nacho, we all should be more like Nacho.