In his first comedy since 2003 when he portrayed the hard-rocking and hilarious Dewey Finn in The School of Rock, Jack Black returns to the big screen as another character with wild aspirations -- a Mexican Friar who lives a secret life as a wrestler and goes by the name of Nacho Libre. Written and directed by the same minds behind 2004's surprise comedy hit Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre delivers a good assortment of laughs and chuckles for the entire family.

Brother Ignacio (Black) is revealed early in the film to be an unapreciated friar whose desire as a youth to explore the world of Mexican lucha libre wrestling earns him a spot in the orphanage's kitchen as a cook. Jump forward some many years to the present (according to Black in a recent episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 1970's Mexico) where Ignacio is still working his magic as a chef with nasty-looking gruel and tiny chip pieces.

However, it is not the type of food that the orphanage's orphans want - a fact that is quite clear to Ignacio, who teams up with a skinny, agile homeless guy named Esqueleto (Hector Jimenez) to earn enough cash to provide the children and monks a proper meal. The problem is that their venue of choice happens to be Mexican lucha libre wrestling, considered to be sinful by Ignacio's fellow monks, most notably the young Sister Encarnacion (Ana de la Reguera).

As the film progresses, Ignacio's secret is exposed to those at the orphanage, starting with the children and eventually Encarnacion and the other monks. Immediately, they believe that Ignacio is only interested in the wrestling endeavor for the glory and money. In reality, his dream is to win money not for himself but to not only be able to buy good food for the children and to also purchase a bus to transport them on field trips.

It would be best not to reveal anymore of the story as the television trailers have already done enough trying to ruin the film's best laughs. Nevertheless, Black once again delivers another great performance as Ignacio/Nacho. His accent and appearance are well played by director Jared Hess and Jimenez is well cast as Esqueleto. Although it becomes a bit uncomfortable watching Black and Jimenez in tight clothing but it is offset by the laughs of seeing the two get banged up in the ring in some of the most bizarre methods.

Some complaints have been made by critics about a white guy posing as a Mexican but those complaints are nothing short of annoying and ignorant as the whole film is done in good taste. The only other complaints have come from a few Christians who argued that a friar living a lie of being a wrestler puts a bad image on Christianity but after watching the film, it is most likely that those critics will be silenced. True, Ignacio does disobey the orders of his fellow monks but he does so for a good cause, something that the monks are not aware of until late in the film. Once they find out, Ignacio is once again accepted.

All summed up, Nacho Libre is a well-devised comedy - not too mature to keep the kids away and not too childishly stupid to bore most adults and teens. Buy some nachos at the snack bar and drop by to watch the other Nacho's antics.

(Photo Credit: http://www.darkhorizons.com/2006/nacho/nacholibre2.jpg)