i just love nacho its so funny with a touch of sick out raging moves in the ring that i love as everyone know ignacio likes sister enacircon so yeah it rules like awesome
Nacho Libre
(2006, Rated PG, Comedy, Starring Jack Black, Peter Stormare, Ana de la Reguera, Hector Jimenez, Richard Montoya)
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Common Sense says
A sweet, offbeat movie about caring for others.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 10 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Nacho Libre was written by Jane Boursaw
Parents need to know this movie contains a lot of comic action – including some training sessions where Ignacio gets splattered by food and attacked by bees -- and some violence in the wrestling ring (body slams, flying leaps, one character gets a corn cob in the eyesocket). Basically, the stuff 11-year-old boys everywhere will love with nothing to alarm the parents. Some of Nacho's opponents are quirky characters, including some feral dwarf wrestlers.
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- Families can talk about the importance of helping others. Do you have particular gifts (i.e. music, art, ability to talk with others) that could be used to help others? Is it ok for Ignacio to become a masked wrestler, even though the church elders frown on it? Are his motives – helping the orphans – a good enough reason to become a masked wrestler? And how does the Lucha Libre wrestling bring the Mexican community together?
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What’s the Story?
Ignacio (Jack Black) is a cook at the Mexican monastery where he was raised. But he just doesn't fit in. He cares deeply for the orphans he feeds, but the food is terrible. He decides to make money to buy better food for the kids, and while he's at it, impress the lovely Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera). When he discovers he has a natural talent for wrestling, he becomes "Nacho Libre," a masked wrestler who takes matches for cash. His training partner, Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez) puts him through his paces, but not without inflicting bodily harm during training sessions. A major flaw in Nacho's plan is that wrestling is strictly forbidden by the church elders at the monastery. So he's forced to lead a double life, concealing his true identity with a sky blue mask and painfully tight wrestling garb. For the first time in his life, Ignacio fits in and has something to fight for. He tries explaining this to Sister Encarnacion, but she tells him, "Wrestling is a sin. When you fight for someone who needs your help, only then will God bless you."
Is It Any Good?
Given the offbeat nature of director Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite), the star (School of Rock), and the writer (Mike White, who wrote The Good Girl and School of Rock), this movie is destined to go down as a cult classic, with lines you'll be quoting for years. It's funny and silly, with some of the best writing and characters around. Jack Black (who also produced the movie) is surprisingly agile in the ring, and Hector Jimenez is a scene stealer.
Even if you don't "get" this type of goofy humor, Nacho Libre is still a sweet movie with a good message about caring for others -- even if Jack Black in tight pants is an image you'd just as soon forget.
Movie Details
Studio: Paramount Pictures, Director: Jared Hess
Run time: 100 minutes
Theatrical release: 06/16/2006, DVD release: 10/24/2006
MPAA Rating: PG for some rough action, crude humor, and language
Run time: 100 minutes
Theatrical release: 06/16/2006, DVD release: 10/24/2006
MPAA Rating: PG for some rough action, crude humor, and language
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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I rate this title iffy for age 12 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
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i really hate this movie
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Nacho Libre Roxxxxxxxxxxxxx!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a great freaking movie. and nacho doesn't just go against the church for the hell of it! He does so to help out the kids at the orphanage! What's wrong with you people!?
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I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Really funny!
This movie is hilarious and has a good message about caring for others and using God to help you thru lifes little speedbumps. A great family movie!
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I rate this title on for age 15 and give it
No way would I let my children watch this.
I personally thought the movie was extremely weird. I think there are way to many sexual comments made to allow a child to watch this movie. I would not recommend this as a family movie.
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I rate this title pause for age 11 and give it
The only "family movie" my 10 year-old walked away from
We were looking for a movie that was innocent enough for our 10 yr-old daughter, but meaty enough for our 13 yr-old son. He loved it, but my daughter didn't get it at all. It starts out slow and if your kids don't get the whole monastery thing, and the subtleties of the attraction between the nun and Ignacio, it takes forever to get interesting. My son and I liked it, but my husband ended up walking away too. I just don't think the subject is interesting enough, and the humor obvious enough, for a 10 yr-old (girl, anyway).
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!
WORST MOVIE EVER! SHIELD YOUR EYES!
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Typical 8- to 10-year old humor.
Kids will love this. It's filled with the silly physical humor we've come to know and love out of Jack Black. The only part that made us edgy was when one of the bad guys was nailed in the eye socket with corn on the cob. Otherwise, it was all about farts and poops and cross-dressing. :) The good stuff!
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
Just OK
Didn't find this film really all that good. It was funny at times, but stupid most of the time. Nothing all that offensive. I think they must have used the funniest bits up for the trailer, because there wasn't much else in the movie.
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I rate this title pause for age 0 and give it
So Bad, Not Just Lame But BAD
I took my daughter who's seven and what we didn't expect was how violent the wrestling scenes were - she was distressed by the punching, hitting, kicking, slamming, beating and more that all happens in the ring. I admit, I blew it. I forgot about that wrestling was so gross (I never watch it and just spaced). I spent a lot of time explaining to her that it was fake. We both agreed, the movie was BAD. We want that 90 minutes of our life back!
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
Dumb, dumb, dumb!
Don't waste your time or money on this movie, it is stupid! I am an 11 year old boy and I did not think it was very funny at all. I thought the part where he threw the corn cob into the guys eye was very gross and surprising. Don't bother with this movie!
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Hilarious
I went into Nacho Libre expecting a stupid, pointless movie. I was certain that all of the funny parts were the ones they show on the commercials. I was dead wrong. It was so funny that i actually found my self laughing out loud at the whole thing. Jack Black was hilarious. This movie is worth seeing it in the movie theatre.
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
Waste of time and money!
There was nothing "sweet" or "funny" about this movie. It was stupid and a waste of our time and money. Even my 11 year old son did not find this movie funny. A loser....
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Cool
this was a good movie overall but would not reccomend to little kids. I thought is was a hilarious movie and if your old enough to understand at least half of the stuff there saying you'll get a lot of laughs.
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
the WORST movie EVER!
THis movie was VIOLENT SCARY and i HATED it!! Parents, be warned, Do NOT, i reapeat NOT take your child to this movie unless you would like to see gruesome things. There is SOOOOOOO much violence!! Jack Black was a good actor in the movie, though. Besides that, I hated this movie. In conclusion, I HATED THIS MOVIE! DO NOT SEE IT!! I HAD TO LOOK AWAY ABOUT 71 TIMES, WHICH IS A LOT!!
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
Jack Black is Histarical
Many people said that this movie was pointless. Okay I have seen things that are pointless. How about Spongebob. Mindless gay sponges? Anywho, Jack Black played a Catholic man who wanted to save an orphanage from dying. This movie tells kids to follow their dreams and never give up. There are a couple areas that are not okay for kids. I say that this movie is for kids 10 years-old and up. If you like Jack Black you will like this movie!!!
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
Boring!!!
This movie was very disappointing in that it was boring. My 8 and 10 year old thought so too.
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I rate this title off for age 0 and give it
BIG Dissapointment
My dad took me and my brother, all three of us expecting a really funny movie. It's not. They jam almost all of the jokes, and funny moments in the trailers, and the movie is too long and too boring. My brother loved it, but my dad and I didn't. Don't waste $20.00 and 2 hours of your life watching this. You'll be dissapointed.
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I rate this title on for age 0 and give it
This is an awesome movie. I love it when he said NACHOOO!!! And the movie is appropriate too.
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