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Is there a story in this silly movie? Do our actions affect others? Can corn be used as a weapon? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown!
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“Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room... It’s for fun.”
Ignacio (Jack Black), or Nacho to his friends, works as a cook in the Mexican monastery where he grew up. The monastery is home to a host of orphans whom Nacho cares for deeply, but there is not much money to feed them properly. Nacho decides to raise money for the children by moonlighting as a Lucha Libre wrestler with his partner Esqueleto (Héctor Jiménez), but since the church forbids Lucha, Nacho must disguise his identity.
Release date: June 16, 2006 (USA)
Director: Jared Hess
Screenplay: Jared Hess, Mike White, Jerusha Hess
MPAA rating: PG
Budget: 35 million USD, 25 million USD
Running time: 1h 32m
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By Bo CoyIs there a story in this silly movie? Do our actions affect others? Can corn be used as a weapon? We break down the story, characters and morality and give our takes on whether this film is a Legend or a Letdown!
Follow us on instagram for more movie content!
https://www.instagram.com/reel.legends.pod/
We are now on YouTube, follow us there for even more content
https://www.youtube.com/@ReelLegendsPod
“Chancho, when you are a man, sometimes you wear stretchy pants in your room... It’s for fun.”
Ignacio (Jack Black), or Nacho to his friends, works as a cook in the Mexican monastery where he grew up. The monastery is home to a host of orphans whom Nacho cares for deeply, but there is not much money to feed them properly. Nacho decides to raise money for the children by moonlighting as a Lucha Libre wrestler with his partner Esqueleto (Héctor Jiménez), but since the church forbids Lucha, Nacho must disguise his identity.
Release date: June 16, 2006 (USA)
Director: Jared Hess
Screenplay: Jared Hess, Mike White, Jerusha Hess
MPAA rating: PG
Budget: 35 million USD, 25 million USD
Running time: 1h 32m