I watched Nacho Libre at the weekend and although Jack Black was fantastic in School of Rock I was not expecting much of this. There was something about the idea of Jack Black as a Mexican monk who has a wrestling alter-ego that wasn't grabbing me, I nearly didn't watch it.
To my surprise though I liked it and enjoyed some real laugh out loud moments. It's not high IQ, some of the stuff is a little infantile BUT for the most part I found it to be wonderfully absurd and funny. The wrestling sequences managed to combine hilarity and credible action into an entertaining mix, Jack Black is surprisingly agile!
The film sort of laughs at itself, and the absurdity works really well within that context.
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