But while the other wrestlers may be more proficient at winning, they can’t compete with Nacho’s jelly belly or the skeletal Esqueleto’s grotesquely comic maneuvers. This may sound like thin ...

In Paramount Pictures' "Nacho Libre," Ignacio, From the left, Jack Black and Ana de la Reguera. He is the cook at a monastery, who tries to impress the beautiful Sister Encarnación.

Bouncing belly Nacho and the wiry string bean scavenger Esqueleto become a scrappy, sloppy tag team of perennial underdogs and energetic losers beloved by the crowds.

Much of “Nacho Libre” takes place in the ring, where Ignacio (going by Nacho) and Esqueleto duke it out with a bevy of bizarrely attired wrestlers whose signature moves include things like ...

Although its marketing campaign stresses Jack Black in tights, "Nacho Libre" strikes a delicate balance of whimsy and absurdity that may surprise auds primed to expect wall-to-wall slapstick. This ...

The tubby luchador of "Nacho Libre" could be the long-lost cousin south of the border that Napoleon Dynamite never knew he had. As a monastery cook who raises money for the orphans he feeds by ...

Here, he fully conveys Nacho’s passion for wrestling, Catholicism, orphans and his enchantment with the beautiful Sister Encarnación (Ana de la Reguera), who has just arrived at the monastery.

How much you like Jack Black's homage to Mexican pro wrestling Nacho Libre really depends on how much you like Jack Black. The pudgy actor who became the hero of middle schoolers everywhere in 2003's ...

The tubby luchador of "Nacho Libre" could be the long-lost cousin south of the border that Napoleon Dynamite never knew he had. As a monastery cook who raises money for the orphans he feeds by ...

Jack Black is not very funny in "Nacho Libre," and that requires some meditation. Jack Black is essentially, intrinsically and instinctively a funny actor. He has that Christopher Walken thing ...

With "Nacho Libre," the rubber-faced roly-poly comic gets back to the basics of what make. Skip to main content Skip to main content. Register for more free articles. ...

Although its marketing campaign stresses Jack Black in tights, "Nacho Libre" strikes a delicate balance of whimsy and absurdity that may surprise auds primed to expect wall-to-wall slapstick. This ...