Hector Jimenez shows star potential in a supporting role

Rating: 9/10 (8 September 2009)

I avoided this film for 3 years before I saw it take me by surprise. The commercials definitely didn't represent this movie very well and that is what steered me away initially. I caught it on TV a few years later and got hooked on one surprisingly good performance...not Jack Black's.
I never realized the brilliance of Hector Jimenez (Steve, Esqueleto) until I saw him act in this. Every line he delivered in this movie was downright hilarious and memorable for quoting, even all the way down to a simple word or sound (oooOOOoooh).
In my eyes, Esqueleto played his comedic role to perfection while Jack Black sort of fished around for his moments of stale comedy. Nobody had really seen the likes of Jimenez and it was definitely more than a case of a role simply fitting a person.
Esqueleto stole the show by delivering his lines in a manner like the world has never seen. because he his first depicted as a street bum, food stealing renegade, the anticipation of his line delivery caught me off guard. He is freaking hilarious.
Typing the lines here does him no justice. Yes, many of the lines themselves are funny but its the way in which he approaches them and the manner in which he emphasizes certain words in these lines. Add to that an almost effeminate tone and cartoon-like physicality and you get one of the most hilarious side characters of all time.
I hope Hector goes on to do great things, he may not get a lead character role, but ill take all the future supporting cast roles that he can find his way into.
This movie would not be half as good without Hector Jimenez itn it.