Nacho Libre Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

So Disapointing

I was so so disappointed with this movie. Being a huge fan of Jack Black I had such expectations of this film hoping for a return to the School of Rock form, after the dreadful King Kong. Alas it was not to be.

Although Black does the best he can with the material provided, the script is is simply not funny and I can honesty say that I did not laugh at all and rarely did a slight smile graze my lips. The plot itself is fine. It is the simple do-gooder tail of making children happy and the achievement of personal dreams and goals. However one does have to wonder why anyone bothered to make it, since we have seen the same thing many times before. Also the acting is good enough for its purposes leaving you with the impression that it is Black alone which makes the movie watchable, since it's hard to imagine anyone else in that role.

Putting it short, give this one a miss and watch School of Rock or High Fidelity once again.

Like Marmite

Was dubious, about renting this one, lot's of mixed feelings on the reviews, people were loving it or hating it (like marmite). So when I popped it on I was pleasantly surprised.

I am a fan of Napoleon Dynamite, and Nacho 'feels' very simliar to it's style. Long, lingering shots, quirky characters, and a steady but slow pace, with impeccable comic timing, which keeps you hanging on through out.

I would say it's one of Jack Black's finest comedic performance's. Subtle, smooth, and in rythm with the film. It could have been very easy for his J.Black persona to have bubbled up and overpowered the film, but instead it just teeters underneath, occasionally rising up (when he sings his song), but never too much.

The film is very similar to the style of Wes Anderson, especially Steve Zissou. Another movie which divides viewers.

I think these type of films, fit into an almost sub-genre of 'Art-House' comedy, in the fact, that it's very visual, stylish comedy, comapred to recent 'Hollywood' slick comedies.

Definately watch it.