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Chasing Papi (2003)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:3

Rotten:16

Average Rating:3.9/10

Rated: PG [See Full Rating] for mild sensuality and language

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 16, 2003 Wide

Box Office: $6,052,563

Synopsis: Three women think they have found the perfect man. For New York heiress Patricia (Jaci Velasquez), he’s a wild adventurer who offers her freedom from her mother’s cloying ambitions. For Lorena... Three women think they have found the perfect man. For New York heiress Patricia (Jaci Velasquez), he’s a wild adventurer who offers her freedom from her mother’s cloying ambitions. For Lorena (Roselyn Sanchez) in Chicago, he’s every bit as idealistic as she is, a lover of poetry and a man who recognizes the spark of passion beneath the buttoned-down lawyer’s lapels. And for Miami’s fiery Cici (Sofia Vergara), he’s the only man whose flames burn as bright as her own. Driven by passion – and the exhortations of famed astrologer Walter Mercado, whose televised horoscope readings seem tailor-made for each woman – Cici, Lorena and Patricia separately fly to Los Angeles to surprise ‘Papi Chulo,’ two by plane, and one, Cici, in a car she is supposed to deliver for a friend. The three women converge on one LA home where they are shocked to discover their three perfect men are really just one… Tomas Fuentes (Eduardo Verastegui) is an advertising executive at the top of his game. Handsome, sophisticated and witty, Tomas’s equal passion for three dynamic, beautiful women has landed him in trouble – big trouble. Prescribed a tranquilizer for his nerves, Tomas heads home from the office, unaware that his worst fears are about to come true. As if the collision of three lovestruck and angry women and one shocked man isn’t enough, fate has a few more cards up her sleeve. Tomas passes out from shock (and a tranquilizer/scotch cocktail); Cici’s car is hot; the FBI is on their tail; and Patricia’s Louis Vuitton bag carries a lot more than toys for her beloved dog Fifi. Between beauty pageants, vicious gangsters and a crowded Latin dance festival, the three women embark on a journey of friendship, resourcefulness and self-discovery as they wait for Tomas to wake up and choose one of them. Though all three think Tomas is the prize, their true reward turns out to be a lot more than any of them ever expected. [More]

Starring: Roselyn Sanchez, Sofia Vergara, Jaci Velasquez, Eduardo Verastegui

Starring: Roselyn Sanchez, Sofia Vergara, Jaci Velasquez, Eduardo Verastegui, D.L. Hughley, Freddy Rodriguez, Joy Enriquez, Lisa Vidal, Diana-Maria Riva, Carlos Ponce

Director: Linda Mendoza

Director: Linda Mendoza
Screenwriter: Elizabeth Sarnoff, Alison Balian, Laura Angelica Simon
Producer: Forest Whitaker, Tracey Trench, Tajamika Paxton
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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04/27/03
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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The only place you're likely to find such shrill and whitewashed caricatures is in the elitist pages of ¡Hola!

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04/22/03
Ed Gonzalez
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Village Voice
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I've seen episodes of The Love Boat with more emotional investment and involvement from the characters than this ...

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04/21/03
Richard Roeper
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04/19/03
Houston Chronicle
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So resoundingly awful, there may be grounds to sue for mental suffering.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 1 Comment
04/18/03
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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The whole thing is loud and unfunny, not showing off anyone to good advantage.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
04/18/03
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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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.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
04/17/03
Mario Tarradell
Mario Tarradell
Dallas Morning News
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A thin attempt at comedy and a corny take on the buddy movie.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
04/17/03
Allison Benedikt
Allison Benedikt
Chicago Tribune
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The Hollywood sheen, alas, extends to the characters, who are clipped from familiar stock.

Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
04/16/03
Mark Wolf
Mark Wolf
Denver Rocky Mountain News
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Mendoza alleges she took on the negligible project to demonstrate the diversity of Hispanic American womanhood. What she demonstrates is a clear grasp of stereotype.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
04/16/03
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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What this really is is a great deal of screaming and running from room to room, wacky chase scenes, the old bag switcheroo, dim-bulb crooks and zany antics.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
04/16/03
C.W. Nevius
C.W. Nevius
San Francisco Chronicle
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A buoyant antidote to those toxic all-you-need- is-love romantic comedies.

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04/16/03
Carrie Rickey
Carrie Rickey
Philadelphia Inquirer
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The sledge-hammer attempt to appeal to the country's fastest-growing movie-going demographic makes for a clunky narrative and one-note characters.

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04/16/03
Megan Lehmann
Megan Lehmann
New York Post
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Designed to appeal to various segments of the Hispanic population in the United States and at the same time to the lowest common denominator, Chasing Papi is lame and predictable.

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04/16/03
Kirk Honeycutt
Kirk Honeycutt
Hollywood Reporter
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I cannot recommend Chasing Papi, but I cannot dislike it. It commits no offense, except the puppylike desire to please.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
04/16/03
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Verastegui is a handsome guy ... but saddled with English he has charisma only a lumberjack could love.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
04/16/03
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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Imagine a movie so broadly conceived that it was written, directed and all parts were played by Charo.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
04/15/03
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Call it a strawberry-mango sundae for the parched mind. This is not a compliment.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
04/15/03
Gene Seymour
Gene Seymour
Newsday
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All of this self-actualization is accompanied by some of the most tiresome slapstick to be seen since the premature retirement of Pauly Shore.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
04/15/03
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
New York Times
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Not every Latina is going to go along with this message movie disguised as a comedy and may in fact find it patronizing.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
04/15/03
Kevin Thomas
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Los Angeles Times
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