Although its marketing campaign stresses Jack Black in tights, "Nacho Libre" strikes a delicate balance of whimsy and absurdity that may surprise auds primed to expect wall-to-wall slapstick. This ...

2006, Rated PG, 100 min. Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Jack Black, Héctor Jiménez, Ana de la Reguera, Moises Arias, Rene Campero, Brett Chan and Cesar Gonzalez.

HURTLING across the screen in sky-blue stretchy pants worn under apple-red underwear, Jack Black makes a lasting impression. He’s bouncy. He’s kinetic. He flies into solid objects with great force.

Jack Black (under a curly mop and a mustache that looks ready to crawl off his lip) is Nacho, a frustrated junior monk serving sinfully inedible meals in an impoverished Mexican monastery and ...

Ana de la Reguera, who currently stars in Army of the Dead, recalls filming Nacho Libre with Jack Black on the film’s 15th anniversary It's been 15 years since Nacho Libre laughed its way into ...