# Nacho Libre
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 21, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617 "2006-06-21T19:29:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/1 "2006-06-21T19:29:00Z")
I saw this at the discount theater, and got my two bucks worth. The question I had in mind as I was leaving the theater was “Why?”.
Why were there so many ‘misfit’ people and why did everyone have that strange, stiff smile on their faces? Why is the co star so effeminate? Why did Jack Black agree to do this awful movie?
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### Author:  [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/2 "2006-06-21T20:06:01Z")
Oh, my GOD, it was awful. And when did it take place? You can’t tell by the fashions. My son loves it because it has Jack Black and wrestling. I had a little nap in the middle.
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### Author:  [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/3 "2006-06-21T21:14:34Z")
> [@Ca3799](#):
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> Why did Jack Black agree to do this awful movie?
Not only did he “do” it, but he freakin’ _produced_ it!!!
All the previews looked awful. I really thought it looked like it would be horrible. But, I thought, I really did like _Napoleon Dynamite_ a whole lot and on top of that Mike White was involved in the script (and co-produced with Jack Black- **Black and White Productions** ) That’s Mike White, writer of _Chuck and Buck_ and _The Good Girl_.
So, I thought, gee I’ll have to go see _Nacho Libre_ even though it looks horrible. With the creative team involved there could be a pleasant surprise.
God, was I wrong.
Ugh.
Horrible.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/4 "2006-06-21T21:39:18Z")
I thought it was hilarious.
“Why you always have to judge me because I believe in escience?”
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### Author:  [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/5 "2006-06-21T22:05:29Z")
Now I’m really confused, because the New York Times gave it a surprisingly **good** review ([link](http://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/movies/16nach.htmlhttp://movies2.nytimes.com/2006/06/16/movies/16nach.html)), referencing Pedro Almodovar, Peter Sellers, Bertoldt Brecht, and Dr. Strangelove.
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### Author:  [@Another\_Primate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Another_Primate)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/6 "2006-06-21T22:34:57Z")
> [@Miller](#):
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> I thought it was hilarious.
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> “Why you always have to judge me because I believe in escience?”
I, too, loved that part. And there were other parts that made me happy, such as the salads he made for the orphans.
But so much of it was pretty boring. The cow-pie piece was disgusting without adding anything to the movie. The wrestling bored the tar out of me, and there was so much of it!
I will watch it again when it comes out on DVD. I wasn’t crazy about ND until my second viewing; perhaps this will be similar – especially with the ability to skip the wrestling scenes.
My expectations were oh-so-high.
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### Author:  [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/7 "2006-06-21T22:53:18Z")
I didn’t care for it much either but my ten year old son really dug it for some reason.
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/8 "2006-06-22T07:05:51Z")
I liked it. I had fun. It was a lot like _Napoleon Dynamite_, only with more plot and Mexican wrestling.
I’ve heard that Jack Black grew up on lucha libre and was very excited about hanging out with real luchadores. He had a great time.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2006, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/9 "2006-06-23T06:14:55Z")
That nun was hot.
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### Author:  [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/10 "2006-06-23T16:00:11Z")
I enjoyed the movie – it was a bit odd, but very entertaining! Plus, as someone else has already pointed out, the nun was hot!
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### Author:  [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nacho-libre/361617/11 "2006-06-23T16:34:29Z")
Too many gratuitous fart noises, no doubt partially due to its being a Nickelodeon Films production. The sound engineer was overexuberantly juvenile throughout the entire picture.