Nacho Libre

Jack Black has got to be one of my favorite current actors. He's so funny, so hilarious. My first realization of him was in the movie High Fidelity. I had seen him in things before, but had never really noticed him. What's amazing is that Black continues to make-me-laugh-til-my-sides-ache time and time again. I'd like to start off by saying that this movie has been heavily marketed to kids on Nickelodeon so that gives you an idea of its target audience. However, that doesn't mean it still can't be funny to 20, 30, 40, 50, or whatever year olds. This also happens to be the 3rd notch on Jared Hess's director belt and I'd have to say I haven't been dissapointed yet. If you consider yourself a real movie buff and like to watch extra stuff about movies, you have to visit the movie web site and check out the confessionals. These are little clips of Jack Black talking about the day-to-day happenings while on set. This movie should make you laugh. Black plays a mexican monk who dreams of being a luchador (professional wrestler). The only problem is that this fighting is forbidden. Meanwhile, a hot, new nun comes to the monastary and Nacho is doing all he can to impress her. Eventually Nacho gets into a prize fight with the chance to win some money to help out the orphans and I won't say any more about the plot because I wouldn't want to ruin it for you. All in all, I would list this movie as very entertaining and worth seeing this summer.