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Chasing Liberty (2004)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:8

Rotten:25

Average Rating:4.9/10

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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Forgettable fluff but it left me in an unaccountably bad mood, mainly because it's a step back for Mandy Moore.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
01/17/04
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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Moore's lip-glossed petulance never catches fire with Goode's canned drollery.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
01/13/04
Laura Sinagra
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice
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It's one TV-movie romp that Kristy McNichol never got around to starring in.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
01/11/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Chasing Liberty will probably win over as many fuddy-duddy fathers as fillies with its mixture of sweetness tempered with genial cynicism.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/09/04
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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An endless, virtually laugh-free pastiche of Aaron Sorkin by way of Aaron Spelling.

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01/09/04
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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Chasing Liberty is strictly vanilla-flavoured, status quo entertainment.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
01/09/04
Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere
Toronto Star
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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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It defines blah.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
01/09/04
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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A feather-light, doggedly formulaic romantic comedy that's almost instantly forgettable despite the sunny presence of teen queen Mandy Moore.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
01/09/04
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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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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Chasing Liberty is fine (if empty) fun, and much credit for that should go to feisty Moore.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
01/09/04
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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Chasing Liberty is a many-unsplendoured thing, but the one thing it isn't is a movie.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
01/09/04
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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One of those efficiently made formula films that keeps movie houses open during the early part of the year.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
01/09/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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No more than a series of postcard backdrops.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
01/09/04
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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I'm not even sure it deserves to be called a movie. It's more a package built from Moore's smile, adolescent ideas about romance and plenty of picture-postcard photography.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
01/09/04
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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[A] happy trip.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
01/09/04
Michael Booth
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Chasing Liberty is surprisingly good in areas where it doesn't need to be good at all, and pretty awful in areas where it has to succeed.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/09/04
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Not a pleasant way to spend an hour and 45 minutes.

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01/09/04
Bill Muller
Bill Muller
Arizona Republic
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An innocuous, occasionally cute movie made watchable by the appealing Mandy Moore and hunky Matthew Good.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
01/08/04
Claudia Puig
Claudia Puig
USA Today
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Mandy Moore stars in a romantic comedy that stumbles trying to stay in the footfalls left before it by Roman Holiday and It Happened One Night.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
01/08/04
Elvis Mitchell
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New York Times
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