Nacho Libre

In order to really get what this movie is about, you need to have seen other Mexican movies whose genre Jack Black has attempted to honor by copying

The Milagro Beanfield War, for instance.

When Nacho Libre was good, it was very very good. Jack Black plays the main character, Brother Ignatio, who grew up and now works in a God forsaken Catholic orphanage (no pun intended) Frustrated by lack of funds to feed his charges, and tired of being the object of everyone's disdain, he fights in local wrestling matches, where even the money he makes from losing can buy fresh food for the kids.

The sexual tension in the movie comes in a very mild and kosher form of Sister Incarnasion, a new teacher in the school who is, of course, a nun. A very beautiful nun.

The noteworthy things in this movie were:
1) None of the actors were attractive, except Sister Incarnasion.
2) Besides Jack Black, all the actors were Mexican.
3) The great one liners were spread over all the characters and not confined to just the main hero. This is a mark of good writing, if you ask me.
4) The actor playing Esqueleto is truly a comic genius. His posture, actions, fake smile and hangdog expression takes after the great physical comedians of the screen - Groucho Marx, the Stooges, Lucille Ball, and more recently Jim Carrey. I really hope I see him in more movies.
5) Jack Black did all his own singing.

Go watch this movie. It won't be the most deep and sophisticated movie you will see this year, but once in a while, its good to see something that does not conform to the Hollywood formula.