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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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The picture is filled with Mandy Moore Moments -- approximations of recognizable human emotions, without the complicating necessity of actual feeling.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
01/08/04
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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We expect such shallowness from Britney Spears, not Mandy Moore.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
01/08/04
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Chasing Liberty boasts exceedingly high levels of improbability and an embarrassment of continuity and character shortfalls, but still has a certain bubbleheaded charm.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
01/08/04
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer

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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It's pure formula, but it would take a true sourpuss to sneer at it.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
01/08/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

A likable, light-as-air road comedy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
01/08/04
Robert K. Elder
Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune

Unlikely to win many creativity awards, but it's cute, it's entertaining.

Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
01/08/04
JoBlo
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

Though potentially drowse-inducing for grown-ups, this is a teen girl's dream romp through pretty postcard settings and pretty, passionate first love.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
01/08/04
Melinda Ennis
Melinda Ennis
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Call me a sap if you want to, but I enjoyed Chasing Liberty.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
01/08/04
Scott Nash
Scott Nash
Three Movie Buffs

Moore is an actress of limited range whose solemnity and strength of character are her greatest assets, so it's distressing that first-time screenwriters Derek Guiley and David Schneiderman present Anna as a whiny damsel in distress.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
01/08/04
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly

An American girl's own Roman Holiday, with pop star Moore as Audrey Hepburn, sort of, with lip gloss, and British stage actor Goode as Gregory Peck, sort of, with a backpack!

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
01/08/04
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
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Beyond belief.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/07/04
David Levine
David Levine
Filmcritic.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

Mandy runs the gamut of emotions from petulance to petulance.

Full Review Source: Compuserve | comment Comment
01/07/04
Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

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

Mandy Moore continues to be the most painless of former pop princesses, even if she’s perpetually posing for one of her Noxema commercials.

Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | comment Comment
01/06/04
Joshua Tyler
Joshua Tyler
CinemaBlend.com

A fairly standard-issue teen romantic comedy.

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01/06/04
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Chases romance and comedy across Europe for nearly two hours without ever quite catching either.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
01/05/04
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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