Slowly Learning...

For my latest movie trip I went to see Nacho Libre. However, I use the term movie very loosely. This wasn't a movie. It was Jack Black running around and making an ass out of himself for an hour and a half. Sure, at times it was funny, quite funny in fact, but there was more plot developement and coherence in Baseketball. Have you seen any of the constantly running previews? Then you've got the whole story and all the character developement that you're going to get.

Basically this is a one man show, with Jack Black being Jack Black, but with a Mexican accent. I would complain some more about that, but really it's the only good thing about the film. The only times that the "supporting" cast was entertaining was when they were playing off of Jack Black, or when he was playing off of them.

In the end the movie reminded me a lot of both Napoleon Dynamite and Life Aquatic, but without the supporting casts that those films had. However, I think that both Heder and Murray could have carried those films. And as much as I love Jack Black, and as much as I think he deserves his chances as a leading man, he just can't carry most movies, and he especially can't carry this one. Then again, with a storyline and writing like this, no one could really carry this film.

But even Jack Black, with his over the top physical comedy and craziness, can't save the end fight. It gave me flashbacks to Andy Kaufman wrestling Jerry Lawler, except in Nacho it wasn't as funny or entertaining.

RATING: Worth some cheap laughs at the dollar theater, Worth a netflix rental (maybe)