Watched this movie awhile back. Movie was only so-so. The only redeeming features of it is the funny wrestlers, hilarious wrestling moves, and the pretty nun. Watched this because Jack Black is in it, and I generally like his movies. This one was somewhat of a disappointment.
Official Site
IMDb: 5.9/10 (7,316 votes)
Yahoo! Movies: The Critics: C+ / Yahoo! Users: C+
Rotten Tomatoes: Rating: 37% / Average Rating: 5.1/10
Apple Trailer
Amazon.com DVD
Amazon.com Soundtrack
MY RATING: 6/10
Spoilers: (Show)
Movie’s about an orphan growing up in a monastery who has a dream of becoming a luchadore (wrestler). He’s already drawn tons of doodles of himself in a cape and mask. X years later, he grows up, and is a priest that is basically the chef. That and sending dead people on their way to heaven.
Anyway, in comes this pretty nun who transferred to their monastery. He immediately falls for her, but since I think both of them have taken a vow of celibacy, he couldn’t make a move. However, he still wanted to impress her and he meets up with this crazy fool who steals orphan foods and enters the wrestling arena. They keep losing, but the people liked them so they keep getting paid a returning.
Then there’s the final boss, who is a jerk, and doesn’t even pay attention to the orphans who want his signature.
Of course, the secret gets revealed and he gets kicked out of the monastery and says he’ll go the wilderness and probably die. However, his wilderness is located about 30 feet from the village. His buddy comes along and convinces him to fight in the last battle. He swore if he won, he’d use the money he wins to buy a bus to take the orphans on field trips.
So on and so on. He wins of course. He also wrote a love letter to the nun and the nun hasn’t rejected him yet, so who knows where it may go.
what?! disappointment? i thought this movie was HILARIOUS! i enjoyed it more than any other movie he’s done.
this movie had its moments, but that’s all it had.
//krunk (^_^x)