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Nacho Libre (Special Collector's Edition) by Jared Hess
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Ana de la Reguera, Darius Rose, Efren Ramirez, Héctor Jiménez, Jack Black Director: Jared Hess Brand: BLACK,JACK Writer: Jared Hess Producer: Ben LeClair Producer: Benjamin Cooley Producer: Damon Ross Producer: David Klawans Writer: Jerusha Hess Writer: Mike White DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: Spanish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language) Format: Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 92 minutes Published: 2006-10-01 DVD Release Date: 2006-10-24 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Studio: Paramount
Summary of Nacho Libre (Special Collector's Edition)Ignacio, a monastery cook, lives his dream by becoming Nacho Libre, one of Mexico's most feared wrestlers. Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: PG Release Date: 15-JAN-2008 Media Type: DVD This Jack Black vehicle seems, on the surface, like a perfect fit for the actor: an opportunity to showcase Black's unique style with the extreme facial gestures and exuberant physicality that have become his forte. Black plays Ignacio, a lowly cook in a monastery in central Mexico who feeds orphans by day, and wrestles in the town square at night. Ignacio teams up with Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez), a street urchin who tormented him, to form a tag-team duo that goes up against the strangest wrestlers Mexico has to offer. Besides doing it for money to feed the orphans, Ignacio is also fighting to win the forbidden affections of Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera) with predictable difficulty. While the movie has likeable characters and the plot is enjoyable enough, it can?t overcome its plodding pace and formulaic structure enough to keep the movie interesting throughout. Jack Black is a very strong comedic actor, and the wrestling scenes offer plenty of chances for slapstick, physical comedy, but watching him run around in red briefs and blue tights amounts to half the laughs in the movie, and there?s just not enough here for him to really work with. When he plays a more well-formed character, as in School of Rock and High Fidelity, his strengths really show. But in Nacho Libre he?s saddled with a caricature. Weighed down by too much low-brow humor and a script that goes nowhere, Nacho Libre just can?t make full enough use of Black?s talents to overcome the obstacles. --Daniel Vancini
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