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Nacho Libre

  • 20062006
  • PGPG
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, Cesar Gonzalez, and Darius Rose in Nacho Libre (2006)
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Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).Berated all his life by those around him, a monk follows his dream and dons a mask to moonlight as a Luchador (Mexican wrestler).
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
88K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
3,145
363
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    • Director
      • Jared Hess
    • Writers
      • Jared Hess
      • Jerusha Hess
      • Mike White
    • Stars
      • Jack Black
      • Ana de la Reguera
      • Héctor Jiménez
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jared Hess
    • Writers
      • Jared Hess
      • Jerusha Hess
      • Mike White
    • Stars
      • Jack Black
      • Ana de la Reguera
      • Héctor Jiménez
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 535User reviews
    • 158Critic reviews
    • 52Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 11 nominations

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    Nacho Libre
    Trailer 2:21
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    Julio Sandoval in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black, Ana de la Reguera, and Richard Montoya in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black and Ana de la Reguera in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black and Héctor Jiménez in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black and Héctor Jiménez in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Héctor Jiménez in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black in Nacho Libre (2006)
    Jack Black and Héctor Jiménez in Nacho Libre (2006)

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    Jack Black
    Jack Black
    • Nacho
    Ana de la Reguera
    Ana de la Reguera
    • Sister Encarnación
    Héctor Jiménez
    Héctor Jiménez
    • Esqueleto
    Darius Rose
    • Chancho
    • (as Darius A. Rose)
    Moises Arias
    Moises Arias
    • Juan Pablo
    Diego Eduardo Gomez
    • Chuy
    Carlos Maycotte
    • Segundo Nuñez
    Richard Montoya
    Richard Montoya
    • Guillermo
    Cesar Gonzalez
    Cesar Gonzalez
    • Ramses
    • (as Cesar Gonzalez 'Silver King')
    Rafael Montalvo
    • Elderly Monk
    Julio Sandoval
    • Snaggle Tooth Monk
    Ventura 'Tigre Hispano' Lahoz
    • Arena Referee #1
    Felipe Jesus 'Terror Chino' Hernandez
    • Arena Referee #2
    Enrique Muñoz
    • Señor Ramon
    Carla Jimenez
    Carla Jimenez
    • Candidia
    Agustin 'Rigo' Rey
    • Galindo #1
    Ricardo 'Caballero de la Muerte' Castillo
    • Galindo #2
    Troy Gentile
    Troy Gentile
    • Young Nacho
    • Director
      • Jared Hess
    • Writers
      • Jared Hess
      • Jerusha Hess
      • Mike White
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The song that Jack Black sings at the party was improvised.
    • Goofs
      When Sister is reading the letter delivered by Esqueleto, we hear Nacho's voice. When she gets to the second page, the words on the page do not match up with what is being said.
    • Quotes

      Nacho: I'm not listening to you! You only believe in Science. That's probably why we never win!

      Esqueleto: We never win because you are fat!

    • Crazy credits
      The Nickelodeon Movies bumper at the beginning of the film is used with dinging bells at a wrestling arena.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Paul Behragam Talk Show: "Balto 2" R&T Part 1 (2015)
    • Soundtracks
      Encarnacion
      by Mike White, Jack Black & Jared Hess

      Performed by Jack Black

      Jack Black performs courtesy of Epic Records

    User reviews535

    Review
    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Masked Mexican Mother Teresa Wrestles for Orphanage Dollars In a Schizophrenic & Zany Chicano World!
    From PASTO, COLOMBIA-Via: L. A. CA; CALI, COLOMBIA &ORLANDO, FL

    Nacho Libre barely had 10 million(US) at its disposal to cover the cost of its production. With the exception of Jack Black(School of Rock, King Kong), there really is no cast member who is well-known outside of the USA. In the Hispanic world, Ana de la Reguera is known for numerous appearances in soap operas and movies, but for the English-speaking audience, she is a complete unknown...at least until the release of Nacho Libre.

    Directed and written by Jared Hess(Napoleon Dynamite) a director who has gained a well-earned reputation for going against all the Hollywood rules of "Formula". To enjoy the schizophrenic world of Nacho Libre, however, you don't have to be to be a genius. It is a uniquely original and zany vision that no one could possibly confuse with reality. However, it is the kind of film that does not frame itself very well in high expectations. It is somewhat counterproductive to announce beforehand, "Oh, now here we have a very amusing and hilarious movie". (Despite the fact that for my wife, Carmen and I, "LIBRE" most certainly was both!)

    Perhaps the main attraction here is a surreal simplicity, innocence and freshness, and that its basic raison d'etre is so utterly hair-brained and absurd...but in the best possible way! Shouldn't go into much more detail here, so as not to ruin it for you with anything resembling a Spoiler. But taking this into account, I will dare to offer the following observations: Another interesting element of LIBRE is that, seemingly, it was made tailored to seek out a new market in the United States...The bilingual movie buff! (at least "new" in relation to film production.) Jack Black is listed as the sole producer. That is, he put up his own money betting there would be a receptive bilingual viewing audience segment! .

    It must be noted, however, that there are a number of attempts at humor that flat out do not work in LIBRE. But these flubs, fortunately, are handily outnumbered by scenes that DO produce considerable laughter. The sight of Nacho Libre and his tag-teammate "Esqueleto" ("Skeleton") wrestling and taking on the world is about as close as I ever want to come to dying of laughter! The love songs composed and sung by Jack Black are so slapstick operatic exaggerated, so insanely ridiculous and so poorly rendered, that they end up being immensely entertaining.

    Most certainly, Nacho Libre is not a classic of the Seventh Art that will be much debated ten years in the future. But it definitely will keep you laughing a lot during an hour and a half of your life!

    8*.... ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!!!
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 16, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Untitled Jack Black Project
    • Filming locations
      • Oaxaca, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Nickelodeon Movies
      • Black & White Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $35,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $80,197,993
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $28,309,599
      • Jun 18, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $99,255,460
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • SDDS
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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