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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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Chasing Liberty is a fantasy without anything fantastic.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
01/15/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
San Francisco Examiner

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.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
01/08/04
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday
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... 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.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/09/04
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Movies don't get more disposable than this one.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/09/04
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Alas, this isn't a film about underrated character actors.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas Weekly | comment Comment
01/08/04
Josh Bell
Josh Bell
Las Vegas Weekly

A fairly standard-issue teen romantic comedy.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/06/04
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Chasing Liberty is a comedy with no sense of fun, a romance with no passion.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
01/09/04
Jami Bernard
Jami Bernard
New York Daily News
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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.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/07/04
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

[A] happy trip.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/09/04
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Feels slapped together and unfocused.

Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
01/20/04
Kelly Borgeson
Kelly Borgeson
Premiere Magazine

Chasing Liberty should have been called "How To Deal with Chasing Liberty While Remembering To Walk."

Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
01/09/04
Kit Bowen
Kit Bowen
Hollywood.com

Amounts to little more than a nearly two-hour travelogue of Europe, a la The Lizzie McGuire Movie.

Full Review Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | comment Comment
01/08/04
Kevin John Bozelka
Kevin John Bozelka
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Mandy Moore is a cute girl, but she's not quite reaching the level she needs to as an actor.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/08/04
Kevin Carr
Kevin Carr
Film Threat

A fun adventure-around-the-world movie. Just don't expect any more than that.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
01/08/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

The annual edition of Bad Judgment Theater featuring everyone's favourite holier-than-thou teen Mandy Moore.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
01/07/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
01/08/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

the filmmakers cannot pump life into this Roman Holiday wannabe despite the talented Moore and stunning European settings

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
01/08/04
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
Reeling Reviews

Moore's personality void keeps sucking air out of the picture.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/11/04
Paul Clinton (Boxoffice)
Paul Clinton (Boxoffice)
Boxoffice Magazine

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

The winter doldrums always are cursed by what I call "January Junk."

Full Review Source: Quad City Times (Davenport, IA) | comment Comment
01/18/04
Linda Cook
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
 
 
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