Nacho Libre (2006)
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Jack Black, Ana DeLa Reguera, Hector Jiminez, Peter Stormare, Darius Rose
Screenwriter: Mike White, Jerusha Hess
Producer: Mike White, Jack Black
Composer: Danny Elfman
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 24, 2006
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case - Sensormatic
- Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
- Dolby Digital Stereo - English, French
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - Deleted Scenes
- Audio Commentary - Jack Black - Star; Jared Hess, Mike White - Writers
- Behind the Scenes - Featurettes (5)
- Featurettes - "Jack Sings!"
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Stills/Photos
Additional Products:
- Comic Book
- Luchador Mask Creator
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Reviews
Any production featuring Jack Black in spandex and showing off his belly full of stretch marks should never have made it off the drawing board in the first place.
Physical violence, silliness and gross-out moments (suspect gooey substances flow frequently) abound, but Nacho Libre is not without its occasional charms.
Gives you more reason than ever to love Black's death scene in 1997's The Jackal.
A film with a steady stream of laughter enclosed is a great cure for those with the "World Cup" blues.
There's a fine line between funny and stupid, and director Jared Hess can't find it.
This is all about Jack Black being Jack Black, funny and well-conceived wrestling action, and catch-you-off-guard comedy. Nacho has all of those things in a headlock.
Puts another monkey on Jack Black's back, but this time it isn't several stories tall, it doesn't have a thing for blondes and it doesn't famously destroy New York real estate. In this case, it's the script.
It's more outrageous than hilarious, yet Nacho Libre has the same kind of sweet poignancy its filmmaker Jared Hess brought to his 2004 cult hit Napoleon Dynamite.
Beyond its sight gags and kitschy camp appeal, 'Nacho Libre' is a comedy that earns its underdog ambitions.
Basically, if you're not already chuckling at the thought of Jack Black wearing a Mexican wrestler's outfit and speaking in a thick Spanish accent then Nacho Libre probably isn't the film for you.
Nacho Libre is all it needs to be--ridiculous from beginning to end.
Easily the best studio confection of the year... kicking ***, taking names, and reminding us all of the joy that going to a big summer movie is supposed to inspire in us.
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