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Chasing Papi (2003)

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Reviews Counted:47

Fresh:6

Rotten:41

Average Rating:3.7/10

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

US 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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Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
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Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
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09/24/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

[T]he flavor is Latino, but the result is like salsa flavored cotton candy.

Full Review Source: Worcester Telegram & Gazette | comment Comment
01/04/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
07/02/03
Boston Phoenix

If you’re in the mood for a couple of hours of carefree fun, Chasing Papi is well worth chasing down.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
05/30/03
Richard Horgan
Richard Horgan
FilmStew.com

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Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly
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04/27/03
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Full Review Source: Premiere Magazine | comment Comment
04/22/03
Premiere Magazine

The only place you're likely to find such shrill and whitewashed caricatures is in the elitist pages of ¡Hola!

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
04/22/03
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Village Voice

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
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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It's like watching Univision or Telemundo on the big screen.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
04/20/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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04/20/03
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
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04/19/03
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Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
04/19/03
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
04/19/03
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

A simple-minded mishmash that could more aptly be called Chasing Pap.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
04/18/03
Beth Wood
Beth Wood
San Diego Union-Tribune

So resoundingly awful, there may be grounds to sue for mental suffering.

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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

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.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
04/17/03
Richard Horgan
Richard Horgan
Reel.com
 
 
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