Chasing Papi (2003)
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Roselyn Sanchez, Sofia Vergara, Jaci Velasquez, Eduardo Verastegui, D.L. Hughley
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Sarnoff, Alison Balian, Laura Angelica Simon
Producer: Forest Whitaker, Tracey Trench, Tajamika Paxton
DVD Info
Release:
Nov 18, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region [unknown]
- Keep Case
- Full Frame - 1.33
Additional Release Material:
- Commentary - 1. Alex Brandy Jr. - Director
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Reviews
[T]he flavor is Latino, but the result is like salsa flavored cotton candy.
If you’re in the mood for a couple of hours of carefree fun, Chasing Papi is well worth chasing down.
The only place you're likely to find such shrill and whitewashed caricatures is in the elitist pages of ¡Hola!
I've seen episodes of The Love Boat with more emotional investment and involvement from the characters than this ...
It's like watching Univision or Telemundo on the big screen.
The fun in this concept was already congealed on the page and the film's forced antics are painful and embarrassing to women, Latins, everyone.
A simple-minded mishmash that could more aptly be called Chasing Pap.
So resoundingly awful, there may be grounds to sue for mental suffering.
The whole thing is loud and unfunny, not showing off anyone to good advantage.
A romantic comedy that is sexy without being gratuitous, funny without being crude, and mercifully free of on-screen Latino stereotypes such as chambermaids and troubled immigrants.
It's the engaging performances of Jaci Velasquez, Roselyn Sanchez and Sofia Vergara, as well as a few humorous Latin colloquialisms, that turn an otherwise inane script into a cute confection of a film.
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