No one I know wants to see this film. It strikes them as anti-Mexican. It's not. No more, anyway, than Napoleon Dynamite was anti-Anglo (btw, did you know that the ND love interest was the little girl with the tattoo on her back in Waterworld?). Besides, the film captured a very surreal picture of the Mexican barrio, similar to East LA's very own Lower Eastside: Poverty and neon. Visually, it was very interesting. Good story, but unnecessary fart jokes (that seems to be the "in" thing these days in most comedies). I liked the movie alot, but it should have been funnier, like the movie "Cars" should have been funnier. I give NL a C+.

AC

P.S. If you like old style Mexican wrestling, you're in for a treat. If you aren't familiar with Mil Mascaras and Los Medicos, then the movie might fall flat.

P.P.S. I grew up watching Dick Lane and Mexican/American wrestling at the Olympic Auditorium every Thursday night. The movie is a wink to this era.