Movie  2006
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Nacho: Have you ever have you ever had feelings for a nun?
Nacho: I was wondering if you would like to join me in my quarters this night... for some toast.
Chancho: Nacho! Where are you going?
Nacho: There is no place for me in this world. I don't belong out there, and I don't belong in here. So I'm going out into the Wilderness. Probably, to die.
Chancho: Well, you might need this
[Gives Nacho the sword]
Chancho: My mother gave it to me before she died. It was her lucky machete. You can have it.
Nacho: I hope to see you again little Chancho. Maybe in the next life.
[Departs]
Nacho: Those guys were a couple of wussies, eh?
Esqueleto: They scalped my hairs, okay? I look hideous. And you gave them permission to hurt me like this.
Nacho: But I couldn't have anybody see my face, Steven. Come on!
Nacho: And over there in the tree, is a chipmunk nest. And that right there, is our corn, best in the city, it's delcious. And that is a crazy lady. So now you pretty much know what I do. Pretty dang exciting, huh?
Juan Pablo: Hey, it's Ramses. He's the best.
Chancho: No he's not.
Juan Pablo: Can I have his autograph? Please?
Nacho: Okay, I'll see what I can do.
Nacho: Uh, Ramses. I was wondering if the children could have a signiture or a picture or something?
Nacho: Listen, the children are orphans, they really love you. You are the best.
Nacho: When the fantasy has ended/and all the children are go/ I feel that something inside me/comes to carry on/I ate some bugs/I ate some grass/I use my hands/To wipe my tears/To kiss your mouth/I break my vows/No, no, no, no, no, no way jose/And if you want to/we can break our vows together/
Nacho: They think I do not know a buttload of crap about the Gospel, but I do!
Se?or Ramon: What is this?
Nacho: Leftovers. Enjoy.
Se?or Ramon: There is no flavor. There are no spices. Where are the chips?
Nacho: Somebody stole them.
Se?or Ramon: Did you not tell them that they were the Lord's chips?
Nacho: I was trying to!
Se?or Ramon: You are useless Ignacio!
Elderly Monk: Silence brothers! This is the worst lunch I ever had.
Se?or Ramon: Your only job is to cook. Do you not realize I have had diarrhea since Easters?
Nacho: Ok... Maybe I am not meant for these duties. Cooking duty. Dead guy duty. Maybe it's time for me to get a better duty!
Nacho: I am a-singing at the party / I am singing it's my turn to sing at this party / Everyone is dancing, happy party / But Ramses is not dancing he does not dance at the parties / Ramses' number one he knows the secret of desire / Ramses is the one, he puts the people all on fire
Sister Encarnaci?n: Ignacio, I have been looking all over for you, where have you been?
Nacho: I have been here. I have been sleeping.
Sister Encarnaci?n: In a frilly shirt and slacks?
Nacho: They are my PJ's
Nacho: Where is he?
Nacho: Do you remember when everyone was shouting my name, and I used my strength to rip my blouse.
Esqueleto: Yea, and I saw them knock you unconscious, ok?
Nacho: Hey. Leggo my blouse.
Nacho: [signing letter to Sister Encarnacion] Hug hug, kiss kiss, hug hug, big kiss, little hug, kiss kiss, little kiss.
Nacho: I'm not listening to you. you're crazy.
Sister Encarnaci?n: Well, my favorite color is light tan. My favourite animal is puppies. I like serving the lord. Hiking, play volleyball...
Nacho: You gotta be kidding me. Everything you just said, is MY favourite thing to do, every day!
Nacho: Don't you want a little taste of the glory? See what it tastes like?
Esqueleto: NO!
Nacho: Hey, let go my blouse.
Nacho: Ok. Orphans! Listen to Ignacio. I know it is fun to wrestle. A nice piledrive to the face... or a punch to the face... but you cannot do it. Because, it is in the Bible not to wrestle your neighbour.
Chancho: So you've never wrestled?
Nacho: Me? No. Come on. Don't be crazy. I know the wrestlers get all the fancy ladies, and the clothes, and the fancy creams and lotions. But my life is good! Really good! I get to wake up every morning, at 5AM, and make some soup! It's the best. I love it. I get to lay in a bed, all by myself, all of my life! That's fantastic! Go. Go away! Read some books!
Esqueleto: I don't believe in God, I believe in science.
Nacho: [singing] I ate some bugs, I ate some grass, I used my hand, to wipe my tears.
Juan Pablo: How come we can't ever have just like a salad?
Nacho: Be grateful, Juan Pablo, today is especially delicious.
[takes a bite of the beans and chokes, it comes out of his nose]
Nacho: Your hands! They are greasy!
[last lines]
Nacho: YES!
Orphans: Yay!
Nacho: [to Encarnacion] Yes.
Nacho: Precious Father, why have you given me this desire to wrestle and then made me such a stinky warrior?
Nacho: Chancho! I need to borrow some sweats.
Chancho: Are you leaving us?
Nacho: No, Chancho, I would never leave you. I just need to borrow some sweats.
Esqueleto: I hate orphans!
Nacho: Say it to my face!
Esqueleto: I hate them!
Nacho: Come again?
Esqueleto: I hate all the orphans in the WHOLE WORLD!
Nacho: I'm not listening to you! You only believe in Science. That's probably why we never win!
Esqueleto: We never win because you are fat!
Nacho: I'm a little concerned right now. About... your salvation and stuff. How come you have not been baptized?
Esqueleto: Because I never got around to it ok? I dunno why you always have to be judging me because I only believe in science.
Nacho: See that guy over there? That is Senior Ramon, he owns all the big arenas. We need to show him that we mean business. That we are ready for the 'big leagues'.
Sister Encarnaci?n: Where are your robes, Ignacio?
Nacho: They were... stinky. These are my recreational clothes.
Sister Encarnaci?n: They look expensive.
Nacho: Thank you. I mean... they might have the appearance of riches, but beneath the clothes, we find a man... and beneath the man we find... his... nucleus.
Sister Encarnaci?n: Nucleus?
Nacho: My life is good. Real good.
Nacho: Those eggs were a lie, Esqueleto. A LIE! They give me no eagle powers! The give me no nutrients!
Esqueleto: Sorry.
Nacho: I don't want to get paid to lose. I wanna win!
Nacho: These are my recreation clothes.
Sister Encarnaci?n: They look expensive.
Nacho: Thank you.
Sister Encarnaci?n: Wrestling is ungodly Ignacio. People cheer for him... and he is a false idol.
Nacho: Whatever.
Esqueleto: How did you get up here so fast?
Candidia: Shh, shh, shhhh... secret tunnels
Nacho: Beneath the clothes, we find a man... and beneath the man, we find his... nucleus.
Esqueleto: Surpise.
[holding corn in both hands]
Nacho: Get that corn outta my face!
Nacho: It sucks to be me right now!
Esqueleto: How come?
Nacho: How come you think? I used to really like Ramses. I wanted to become him! But it turns out, he's a real douche.
Nacho: [to Sister Encarnaci?n] I don't like the way those guys just looked at you.
Nacho: [to innocent passers-by] HEY! Can't you see this woman is a nun?

Nacho: Chancho. When you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room. It's for fun.
Esqueleto: Summon your eagle powers.
Nacho: What do you think I'm doing?
Nacho: [Losing badly, about to take a big hit] Eagle powers... come to me! Please!
Description
Jack Black is at his comic best as Ignacio, a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery that can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero, he decides to moonlight as the not-so-famous Luchador "Nacho Libre" to earn money for the monastery -- not to mention the admiration of beautiful nun Sister Encarnacion.

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This Jack Black vehicle seems, on the surface, like a perfect fit for the actor: an opportunity to showcase Black's unique style with the extreme facial gestures and exuberant physicality that have become his forte. Black plays Ignacio, a lowly cook in a monastery in central Mexico who feeds orphans by day, and wrestles in the town square at night. Ignacio teams up with Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez), a street urchin who tormented him, to form a tag-team duo that goes up against the strangest wrestlers Mexico has to offer. Besides doing it for money to feed the orphans, Ignacio is also fighting to win the forbidden affections of Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera) with predictable difficulty. While the movie has likeable characters and the plot is enjoyable enough, it can't overcome its plodding pace and formulaic structure enough to keep the movie interesting throughout. Jack Black is a very strong comedic actor, and the wrestling scenes offer plenty of chances for slapstick, physical comedy, but watching him run around in red briefs and blue tights amounts to half the laughs in the movie, and there's just not enough here for him to really work with. When he plays a more well-formed character, as in School of Rock and High Fidelity, his strengths really show. But in Nacho Libre he's saddled with a caricature. Weighed down by too much low-brow humor and a script that goes nowhere, Nacho Libre just can't make full enough use of Black's talents to overcome the obstacles. --Daniel Vancini