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Jack Black throws himself into 'Nacho Libre'
by Steve Murray

Jack Black — who's sometimes best taken in smaller doses — has the opposite of typical actor vanity. In "Nacho Libre," he delivers scenes while sitting on the toilet, gobbles down oozy giant egg yolks and gets splattered by a catapulted cantaloupe. And since he's shirtless much of the movie, you'll see more of him in-the-flesh than you may care to. If most movie stars give the impression they never do something as lowly as use the bathroom, Black reminds us of the opposite again and again in this Mexican wrestling spoof, which spends almost as much time in the john as it does in the ring. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A cook by day in a Mexican orphanage, Ignacio — a.k.a. 'Nacho' — moonlights as a masked Lucha Libre wrestler to raise money for the orphans.

FILM FACTS ...

Paramount Pictures

'Nacho Libre'

Director: Jared Hess
Starring: Jack Black, Hector Jimenez, Troy Gentile, Moises Arias, Richard Montoya
Run time: 91 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2006
Rating: PG for rough action, and crude humor including dialogue.
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Lucha Libre
The Mexican wrestling phenomenon has pop culture in a headlock.

On the web
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READ THE REVIEW

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: C
"... looks like a movie that was more fun to make than it is to watch."