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36 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisEndearingly ridiculous.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaBlack's caped "luchador" grows on you. Like a fun guy.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenAn amiably clunky, unapologetically silly summer confection that nevertheless lands sufficient lethal slams to the funny bone.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe sweetness of Nacho's nature, along with Black's unselfconscious physical enthusiasm, turn all this into a live-action cartoon, with the ring violence having no greater consequence than a Wile E. Coyote fall from a high place.
- 63Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe film is easy to take and easy to forget, even with Black running around Oaxaca in turquoise wrestling tights.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceNacho Libre plays like a Jack Black best-of, down to the song he wrote and performs for de La Reguera that sounds like some Tejano version of a Tenacious D throwaway.
- 50L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasLike the abominable "Napoleon Dynamite," director Jared Hess' second feature will doubtless capture the hearts and minds of 12-year-old boys everywhere, even if Nacho Libre sacrifices the earlier film's aggressive mean-spiritedness in favor of gentle slapstick lunacy.
- 50PremiereAaron HillisPremiereAaron HillisWhen he runs out of material to tickle with, Black dips into his musically tenacious "deedle-diddle-dee" for some sure-fire ridiculousness.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovInfinitely more entertaining than anything the WWE has done recently, this sophomore outing from "Napoleon Dynamite" director Hess is full of cheesy goodness, but it's Velveeta.
- 50Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerBy making Nacho a do-gooder, Hess defuses Black's subversive energy. You could argue that Black also played a do-gooder in "School of Rock," but the kids in that film were a lot spunkier, and Black wasn't constantly playing for sympathy as he does here.