Husband-and-wife filmmakers Jared and Jerusha Hess' follow-up to NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (2004) is steeped in the wild, wonderfully weird world of
luchadores — masked Mexican wrestlers whose sweaty bouts make WWE matches look positively Faulknerian in their symbolic complexity. Ignacio (Jack Black), who cooks in the Oaxaca monastery where he was raised, wishes he could better the lives of its orphans and earn the respect of others, especially that of the serenely lovely Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera). Inspiration strikes when he sees a flyer for amateur wrestling tryouts: No one mocks or ignores luchadores, and winning tag teams can take home lucrative winni...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG
Length:
100 mins