Chasing Papi 2003

Critics score:
14 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: Verastegui is a handsome guy ... but saddled with English he has charisma only a lumberjack could love. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: This grating, witless, exasperatingly dumb movie, about three women who discover they're all dating the same man, is happy to trade on tired cliches. Read more

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper: I've seen episodes of The Love Boat with more emotional investment and involvement from the characters than this ... Read more

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Not every Latina is going to go along with this message movie disguised as a comedy and may in fact find it patronizing. Read more

Houston Chronicle: Read more

Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: 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. Read more

John Patterson, L.A. Weekly: Judging by Paul Rodriguez's brief cameo as a mincing beauty-pageant director, one senses that the movie is more interested in affirming lazy stereotypes than overthrowing them. Read more

Allison Benedikt, Chicago Tribune: A thin attempt at comedy and a corny take on the buddy movie. Read more

Gene Seymour, Newsday: Call it a strawberry-mango sundae for the parched mind. This is not a compliment. Read more

Dave Kehr, New York Times: All of this self-actualization is accompanied by some of the most tiresome slapstick to be seen since the premature retirement of Pauly Shore. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: I cannot recommend Chasing Papi, but I cannot dislike it. It commits no offense, except the puppylike desire to please. Read more

C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle: 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. Read more

Mike Clark, USA Today: Imagine a movie so broadly conceived that it was written, directed and all parts were played by Charo. Read more

Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice: The only place you're likely to find such shrill and whitewashed caricatures is in the elitist pages of Hola! Read more