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Chasing Liberty (2004)

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Reviews Counted:112

Fresh:21

Rotten:91

Average Rating:4.6/10

Consensus: Formulaic comfort food for the teen crowd.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content and brief nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 9, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $12,145,090

Synopsis: Budding teenage beauty Anna Foster (MANDY MOORE) wants the American dream: life and liberty to pursue happiness. But as the only child of the President of the United States, every detail of... Budding teenage beauty Anna Foster (MANDY MOORE) wants the American dream: life and liberty to pursue happiness. But as the only child of the President of the United States, every detail of Anna's life is constantly monitored by the media, the public and her very protective parents — who are backed up by a battalion of Secret Service agents that safeguard Anna from any danger, including the perils of first dates. Charming and irreverent, Anna just wants the freedom to live life like any other teenager — which means ditching the agents who are seriously curbing her good times. While on a diplomatic trip to Europe with her parents, Anna extracts a promise from her father, the President, which allows her a night alone, unescorted. But when her dad has a change of heart, Anna decides to take things into her own hands. In a wild escape, incognito Anna meets mysterious stranger Ben Calder (MATTHEW GOODE), who reluctantly aids her European getaway. Reveling in her newfound independence, Anna decides to take Europe by storm, accompanied by dashing Ben. As Anna's madcap European adventure takes her farther from her family and brings her closer to Ben, she's dreading the day her holiday will come to an end. Because the most powerful man in the free world is her father, Anna knows that she has a lot more to worry about than getting grounded. But before she can face the President, she has to find a way tell Ben the truth about her identity and risk getting her heart broken -- the one thing her father can't fix. -- © Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Mandy Moore, Jeremy Piven, Matthew Goode, Annabella Sciorra

Starring: Mandy Moore, Jeremy Piven, Matthew Goode, Annabella Sciorra, Caroline Goodall, Mark Harmon, Roots, Cody Chestnutt

Director: Andy Cadiff

Director: Andy Cadiff
Screenwriter: David Schneiderman, Derek Guiley
Producer: David Parfitt, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove
Studio: Warner Bros.

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It's all quite engaging.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment 1 Comment
01/09/04
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
01/09/04
Hollywood.com

It's your typical stuff but the leads are easy on the eyes, and Jeremy Piven and Annabella Sciorra add some fun as Moore's bodyguards.

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine

The thoroughly unremarkable Chasing Liberty makes it three negligible movies in a row for Mandy Moore.

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01/15/04
Adam Nayman
Adam Nayman
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Moore slips comfortably into her sweet-goofy role and Goode does his best to be brooding and attractive, but their combined efforts fail to strike romantic sparks.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
01/09/04
Angel Cohn
Angel Cohn
TV Guide's Movie Guide

An endless, virtually laugh-free pastiche of Aaron Sorkin by way of Aaron Spelling.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/09/04
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

Sends messages much too mature for the young audiences to which they are pitching.

Full Review Source: Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah) | comment Comment
01/09/04
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

Chasing Liberty just isn’t worth the effort.

Full Review Source: Lowell Sun | comment Comment
02/28/04
Austin O'Connor
Austin O'Connor
Lowell Sun

What could have been a fun movie falls victim to Mandy Moore's unfortunate miscasting.

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01/10/04
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
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Not a pleasant way to spend an hour and 45 minutes.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
01/09/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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Moore's abundant charm and the nicely exploited foreign locations are the only things this formulaic coming-of-age semi-comedy have going for it.

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01/09/04
Bob Strauss
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01/27/04
Brian Orndorf
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Cute, sweet and totally harmless.

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01/09/04
Bruce Kirkland
Bruce Kirkland
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The picture is filled with Mandy Moore Moments -- approximations of recognizable human emotions, without the complicating necessity of actual feeling.

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01/08/04
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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Chasing Liberty is fine (if empty) fun, and much credit for that should go to feisty Moore.

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01/09/04
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