The Flatulent Friar!

Rating: 2/10 (4 July 2008)

Nacho Libre starts out OK, but quickly jumps the tracks, thanks, in no small part, to Jack Black's raving id, who thought up this, ahem, project. Forget the icky idea of Encarnación giving The Flatulent Friar the time of day, if you think babes like that actually wind up becoming nuns, I've got some oceanfront property in Arizona you might be interested in!
Some critics have opined that Nacho Libre is racist, but it's too stupid to be racist. It can't even be bothered to follow the rules of lucha libre or tell us about its traditions and culture. Instead, Black and Jared Hess are more concerned with depicting the luchadors as pricks, and I'm shocked that César González - who plays Ramses and is a real-life luchador - didn't set Black and Hess straight!
Silencio uses a tombstone pile-driver on Nacho in the Battle Jam, which is illegal, as is the luchadors beating Nacho and Esqueleto with their belts! Also, Ramses would have been disqualified for ripping off Nacho's mask, and Nacho could not have won by pinning Ramses outside the ring! Señor González, why the hell did you go along with this garbage?!
The showdown between Nacho and Ramses is an exhibition -- meaning both are paid squat! So, the next time we see our hero, he's tooling the orphans around in a bus that was last used on The Partridge Family. He must be pimping Esqueleto out to every ample-sized lady in Oaxaca!
The lone thing that saves Nacho Libre from the permanent 3-count is the soundtrack! I am, I am!