Nacho Libre

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Tue 21 November 2006 // 19:00 *

(Tue 21st / 7pm & 9pm / £2TTT)
(Jared Hess / 2006 / 35mm / USA / 92min / Cert 12A)

Nacho (Jack Black) is a young man who was raised in a monastery in Mexico and now works there as the cook. Fueled by his passion for wrestling, he dons a mask and cape and picks up a partner to compete in a local Lucha Libre tournament to try for the $200 prize so he can buy better food for the kids and achieve respect. When a new nun, Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera), arrives at the monastery, he tries to win her adoration as well while attempting to prove that being a Luchador isn't a sin and win the grand prize at a battle royal tournament so he can buy a bus for the kids.

Despite the cliched premise under which the film labours, the film that matches the talents of Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and Jack Black (School of Rock, King Kong) isn't going to go too far wrong!