Chasing Liberty is a fantasy without anything fantastic.
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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Reviews for Chasing Liberty
The best that you can say about this predictably facile production is that it's harmless, even if it requires the dismissal of acres of reality before digestion can ensue.
... a little thin for the two-hour running time, but likable enough for its schoolgirl audience and painless enough for the adults doomed to be dragged along.
Chasing Liberty is a comedy with no sense of fun, a romance with no passion.
It's hard not to wonder...when Mandy Moore -- whose potential is so palpable it's like a hand grenade with the pin pulled -- will pick a script that challenges her.
Chasing Liberty should have been called "How To Deal with Chasing Liberty While Remembering To Walk."
Amounts to little more than a nearly two-hour travelogue of Europe, a la The Lizzie McGuire Movie.
Mandy Moore is a cute girl, but she's not quite reaching the level she needs to as an actor.
A fun adventure-around-the-world movie. Just don't expect any more than that.
The annual edition of Bad Judgment Theater featuring everyone's favourite holier-than-thou teen Mandy Moore.
Chasing Liberty is an amiable little romantic comedy that should have a great deal of appeal to the 14- to 18-year old teen girl contingent that it aims for.
the filmmakers cannot pump life into this Roman Holiday wannabe despite the talented Moore and stunning European settings
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.
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