Chasing Papi (2003) User Reviews

Silly and Forgettable, But Entertaining

[claudio_carvalho · 6/10 · 1 July 2007]

The successful and handsome wolf executive Thomas Fuentes (Eduardo Verástegui) has three sexy Latin girlfriends: in Miami, the waitress Cici (Sofía Vergara); in Chicago, the intellectual lawyer Lorena (Roselyn Sanchez); and in New York, the "daddy's girl" Patricia (Jaci Velasquez). When the three women decide to visit him in Los Angeles, Thomas is in a big trouble.

"Chasing Papi" is a silly, forgettable and predictable comedy that entertains mostly because the central lead trio is composed by extremely beautiful and sexy women. This enjoyable movie is indicated for a Sunday afternoon for killing time. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Confusões Amorosas" ("Confusions of Love")

Fun film

[euroman1970 · 5/10 · 3 February 2008]

Basic premise of this movie is one guy dating 3 women in different cities. To surprise her man, all three women (independently of each other) decide to visit him at his home in Los Angeles. (Sidenote: why would a guy give all 3 women his home address in LA????) When they run into each other, they decide to stick around until their man makes a decision on whom he chooses. Of course, there is a subplot about the stolen money, a couple of bad guys, and a persistent FBI agent. While this is a fun film to watch, it isn't anything ground breaking. I found the character playing Papi to be very stiff. I couldn't really feel any connection between him and all three women. Considering all actors are Latin, I would have like to see more dancing, music, and more of Papi character behaving more like a man. Most of the film he is just sleeping while his women are caught up in some kind of criminal scheme. The only reason this movie worked for me was that it was only 80 minutes and it moved fast.

chasing papi is entertaining

[blackjack1974 · 5/10 · 26 July 2006]

the movie is good.

if you're the type of person that is left brained, feminist, anti social, too smart for your own good, or racist. you probably wont like the movie.

look, the movie is fun. its just to entertain you for a couple hours and thats it. you wont have a life defining moment. you wont sit back and ponder the question of life. the movie is just simple fun. and, it has 3 beautiful latinas. :) just fast forward to see them if it helps.

if you find yourself complaining about this movie here, take a step back and think. "im i a loser?" i think 5 is a fair score. it wasn't forrest gump/braveheart. but then again it didn't make you want to drink bleach.

Good laughs, Hot women, but could've been funnier

[BigVash · 19 September 2003]

I rented this movie last week and I thought it was pretty good. The three female leads in the film were beautiful. The movie had a few laughs but some of the actors could've been funnier, like D.L. Hughley. If any of you have seen any of his stuff you know he could've been funnier in this film. I know exactly what Tomas was going through in the movie so his character kind of hit close to home. It was great to see Paul Rodriguez in this movie as he had me laughing my butt off the time he was on screen. Overall I thought it was pretty good but this movie was played a little too safe. The plot about the money in the car and the ending where they learned that they don't need a man and become independent are basic but enjoyable. I would recommend this to any couple looking for a good movie to watch. Guys will dig it and so will the girls. I would definitely watch it again, maybe buy it.

jiggle fest screwball comedy

[SnoopyStyle · 2/10 · 13 January 2017]

Thomas Fuentes (Eduardo Verástegui) has been adored by women all his life. He's in Los Angeles with girlfriends stashed around the country. Lorena Morales (Roselyn Sanchez) is a bespectacled high-powered Chicago lawyer. Cici (Sofía Vergara) is a possessive cocktail waitress in Miami. Patricia Sofia Ordonez Coronado del Pescador (Jaci Velasquez) is a high maintenance debutante from the New York area. Thomas is feeling the relationship pressures and is passing out. The girls all decide to travel to surprise him in L.A. They are shocked to find each other at his house. FBI agent Carmen Rivera (Lisa Vidal) has followed Cici who is driving a car for her friend's boyfriend.

It's a broad jiggle-fest latino screwball comedy. It fails to deliver any compelling characters. The actresses are top level latina hotties but they come off as one-dimensional soap opera characters. The guy is even worst. He's a hunky dud. He's pretty to look at but empty inside. If the intention is a T&A B-movie, this can be excused. It's supposed to be a comedy and that's not going to work. The characters are annoying. The situations are silly. There is nothing funny or fun. It's a sad waste of talent and too tiresome to watch.

Very, very light action romantic comedy; but zero fun

[pifas · 1/10 · 28 May 2003]

I had to see this movie due to my job. Wish I hadn't, because the last time I had such fun time like this one, it's when I went through two endoscopias in a row (it's when a doctor puts in you a camera by the throat to check your stomach from the inside). This movie is like any sketch extracted from Lente loco or any other TV show made by latin people in the spanish spoken networks in the USA -if you've ever had the misfortune of tuning in any, then you'll know what I mean-, but, an hour and plus long. And if you can't make those gags work in a five minutes range, then guess what happens when you stretch them way beyond their boundaries.

That is exactly the aesthetics in Chasing Papi; this total piece of crap features latin "stars" that are everything but actors, and anything but funny. It´s just a bad cast of cute people speaking in english -or trying to- just because they are supposed to live in Miami, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles. I don't know why they talk to each other in a foreign language when ALL of them speak spanish. I was embarrassed by hearing this ridiculous attempt of communicate in english; really. And this is primarily what gets me confused: is it for the latin community living in the US? I don´t think so, since almost every person of it speaks none other language but spanish (and I know it, because I've lived in California). Is it for the people from the United States? I guess not either, mainly because the actors (?) may be barely known between them. Besides watching voluptuous women wearing almost nothing -and that's a more than reasonable excuse for a lot of guys to watch anything; but don't count me in-, this is a TOTAL waste of time. I'd rather follow an ant´s trail straight to their home instead of watching this crap again or any similar attempt to kill the most insignificant sense of film appreciation in a moviegoer.

I know that anybody shouldn't expect a two thumbs up experience due to the people involved, but it's just that I felt real bad for my time being stolen this way that I felt the urge to write this as a kind of warning, so, don't go see it nor even get close to it unless you're a fan of the kind of trash made in the TV show mentioned above, or any other garbage from networks like Telemundo or Univision.

Not close to farce

[intelearts · 3/10 · 8 January 2008]

Despite the best intentions and effort of all involved this just doesn't work.

It has energy and tries hard but farce is a difficult trick to pull off - it requires real comic timing and really good situations.

Unlike French farce this Hispanic farce relies on a single device: man dates three women all discover this then fall over each other to first get him for themselves, then a subplot involving criminals, then strong women emerge.

My problems is this: a group of women watching this with pizza on a Friday night will enjoy the first 30 minutes and the last 15 but the bit in between just ain't entertainment.

It's not the fault of script / director / actors: it just hasn't got enough steam to shine in any way.

Love to see more films aimed at the Hispanic community: but comedy needs working on to make a great cross-over movie.

Something dumb like LA rich kid goes to Puerto Rico might work, but sophisticated romantic comedy would be better.... best of all, why not try watching Almavador and see what happens? Please!

Silly and contrived, but lots of fun

[MovieLuvaMatt · 7/10 · 5 September 2003]

The movie was obviously attempting to be like one of the classic screwball romantic comedies. It succeeds in the style, but not exactly the comedy. Don't get me wrong, there are laughs, but it could've been a lot funnier. I blame part of the failed comic attempts on the writing and part on the actors. They should've just filmed the movie in Spanish. Some of the Hispanic actors really seemed to struggle with the English dialogue. In comedy, it's all about timing, so the expression of the dialogue must be on target. I give the actors points for effort, but all that hard work could've been spared if they spoke in their native language.

I think what mainly makes the film work for me is the fast pace. Despite how silly each situation is, the pace is fast enough to prevent you from dwelling on the silliness. Plus, seeing three beautiful Latina women strut their stuff throughout doesn't hurt either. I saw Sofia Vergara before in "Big Trouble," but she looks different in the movie and I might not have remembered from that previous film because well...I'm trying not to remember it period. It was one of the worst comedies I've ever seen! "Chasing Papi" gives her a much better outlet for her talent. She has got to be THE most beautiful women I've ever seen! Whenever I see her on screen, I feel like Jim Carrey in "The Mask" when he was watching Cameron Diaz do that musical number. If my jaw could literally drop like his character, that would be my exact reaction. I mean, she makes Roselyn Sanchez pale in comparison, and saying a hell of a lot.

All I can say is the film is a lot of fun. I'm surprised by the extremely low rating. And by the way, Paul Rodriguez has a funny cameo, playing similar to the Michael Caine role in "Miss Congeniality."

My score: 7 (out of 10)

awful, absolutely awful....

[vdwilson · 1/10 · 18 April 2003]

There is a vaccum in space because of this movie. This takes pathetic to a whole new level. The acting is lame, the story line is incipid, the plot, oh yeah, what plot? The insult to Latin women - come on, the old "keep 'em barefoot and pregnant" is the only line missing. Don't bother not even from Blockbuster.

Cute

[mmereos · 7/10 · 14 September 2003]

Obviously this movie would have been terrible without the attractive women, but it was still very entertaining. I'm surprised at people that gave this movie a score of 1, I don't know what people expected of this movie but it was exactly what I expected, and cute comedy with a somewhat very thin plot with some fun times. Nothing more.

A Waste Of Eye Candy.

[roddstate · 2/10 · 15 September 2003]

I wanted to like this film. Yet, even with the significant eye candy, I couldn't find anything else enjoyable about this film. It wasn't funny. It didn't have any sexuality and nothing in the film was executed properly.

For a film that features women on the run, the director of this film did not put any strain on these actresses. The lead actresses were not instructed to do anything strenuous. I was suppose to believe that they did all this running around, with their stilettos still intact.

The supporting cast was weak. Only Paul Rodriquez did his role justice. I was surprised how well Sofia Vergara did in this movie. In the preshowings I saw, she looked like the weakest of the women casted. However, it turns out she was the strongest of the women and provided a solid performance. I thought that Roselyn Sanchez would be the main focus of the film. But, she consistently ruined her lines and she didn't seem comfortable at all speaking the dialogue. Jaci Velasquez did a fair job, being this was her first film. I can't see why the "Christian Freaks" were so hard on her for taking this film. I mean, she kept her clothes on. She didn't swear. She wasn't even playing a negative role. She was playing a character. Get over it, Y'all. Overall though, I thought the three women together were mediocre. Then, to top off this unsatisfactory film. They have this whack ending about female independence. Whattttt!!!??? Most of the movie was about female dependence and they try to sell it as a tale of liberation? Please!!!

Like I said before, I wish I could say I liked it, but I can't. It was very disappointing. I hope the next time they bring three lovely latinas together on screen, they will support them with a decent plot, well rounded characters and make them perform their tails off. As well, as suppling great eye candy. Unfortunately, Chasing Papi isn't that movie.

2 out of 10.

A female version of The Three Stooges that is light hearted and a lot of fun!

[Ed-Shullivan · 8/10 · 30 April 2016]

I just love an old style slap stick silly comedy and have never seen it done quite so well by a strong (and I must say most beautiful) female Latino group of actors. The last good foreign produced slap stick comedy that I greatly enjoyed was the 2009 India film titled "3 Idiots". I am a bit surprised at the below par average of 4.8 provided by the current 3,392 IMDb raters who viewed the film. I can only surmise that many of my fellow IMDb critics may have taken some offence to the three leading ladies namely Sofia Vergara (TV star of the very successful Emmy winning series Modern Family), Roselyn Sanchez (star of TV's Devious Maids), and recording artist Jaci Velasquez as being perceived/used as eye candy only. Sorry fellow viewers but maybe you need to watch the film a few more times to see how good the physical comedy is in this film. Just the varied humorous arguments and facial expressions by the four leading actors are worth the price of admission alone.

I for one felt that Sofia Vergara's role as Cici the hot waitress who is one of the three lovely ladies being wooed by handsome hunk and jet setter Thomas Fuentes (played by the only male star Eduardo Verastegui) was silly enough to make it believable that she would fall into the trap of the male gigolo Thomas Fuentes. It was no surprise to me that Ms. Vergara's stardom has continued to rise as does most men's blood pressure when they see her. My summary statement above that the film Chasing Papi is a female version of the great Three Stooges (Curly, Larry and Moe) also assisted the producers in selecting Ms. Vergara to star in the 2012 comedy remake of The Three Stooges.

Singing artist Jaci Velasquez most likely agreed to join the cast as the spoiled Patricia, the rich kid daughter of wealthy parents who also falls for Thomas, just to use her acting role to expand her audience and assist in boosting her record sales. She did an admirable job but her limited acting roles subsequent to making Chasing Papi would indicate to me she preferred to focus her attention on her singing career.

Eduardo Verastegui who plays the playboy Thomas Fuentes does an admirable job in keeping his audience's attention that maybe there is a redeemable reason why he chose to date three hot Latino ladies in three different cities simultaneously. The psychiatrist that Thomas goes to see can't quite put his finger on why Thomas chooses to date three hotties simultaneously so he does what any good American doctor would do….he prescribes tranquilizers for Thomas to take. Thomas is then pursued by an attractive FBI agent named Carmen (played by Lisa Vidal) who is actually chasing some criminals and a bag of cash. To our surprise as Carmen continues to holds Thomas captive in her car while giving chase to his three lovely ladies she is able to quickly diagnose why Thomas is dating the three ladies concurrently. I don't want to have to add a spoiler alert so watch the movie and find out what has driven Thomas to date Cici, Patricia and Lorena all at the same time. Hey, I believed Carmen's diagnosis so why shouldn't you?

Last but not least I must comment on the silly and playful role by the most beautiful Roselyn Sanchez as Lorena, who is a bespectacled lawyer who also falls for our playboy Thomas. Through the many misadventures experienced by the three Latino lovelies I felt Roselyn's role was the most revealing of both her acting chops and her natural beauty. Her many facial and physical expressions are so natural it is easy to see how she can transfer between dramatic and comedic roles so easily. If I had to pick one star who shone through it would have to be that or Roselyn's role as the bespectacled lawyer who is also smitten by the gigolo Thomas.

In summary, the film Chasing Papi makes for very light viewing, with some good musical and dance numbers thrown in for good measure. But make no mistake; there is a decent enough plot and sub plot to this film that should keep most couples entertained throughout. I especially liked the ending because there were no losers. Everybody wins. Certainly there are no Academy Award winning performances here to speak about but I did enjoy the film and would recommend it to friends and family. It is probably not worth a higher rating than a 6 but I will give it an 8 to help counter some of the lower than expected scores this decent film was awarded by others.

8/10

Chasing Papi Review

[vadirtysouth42 · 7/10 · 3 August 2005]

I can't sit still to watch many movies. Yet, this one I could. Reason number one, three hot latina women. I love latina women. Reason number two.. ehh none. It is pretty entertaining. Each of the three women have very distinct personalities. One values beauty, the other education, and the other culture. Also each one is from a different city. The man, Tomas is dating three different women. Somehow all three women end up at his house, when he trys to explain his situation, he falls out under a tranquilizer pill he took before. Then the women see a 4th woman looking in the house, and think she is a 4th woman. She is really an FBI agent. The movie's good points are some animated cut scenes which you cant tell if they are geared for kids or adults, some Spanish words. I enjoyed that given I am almost fluent in Spanish. The end gets somewhat cartoonish... I won't spoil it. But if you like Spanish culture, or pretty latina women, you should not be bored with it, also it is kid friendly.

Sad what movies are being made

[tolanaomi · 1/10 · 18 April 2003]

the only redeeming thing about this movie is the background music. Not even Carlos Ponce could save this movie! It is a horrible vehicle for a couple of Latin music's up and coming, or more accurately, wanna be's, and I would strongly recommend you buy a copy of Playboy/playgirl if all you want is eye candy. This is an insult to women, particularly Latin women and the stereo types in this movie set women and Latinos back at least 20 years. Oh, Cisco, Oh Pancho! Not much better than that. Save your money - I'm grateful I got to see if for free or I would have asked for my money back. I wouldn't even rent this for my worst enemy - and if offered a free copy, I would refuse.

Watch it twice--it gets better.

[johnrinck · 14 October 2003]

I was attracted to this movie after seeing Sofia Vergara on one of the late night talk shows. Anyway, after watching her interview, "Chasing Papi" became a must see, but I didn't actually see it until this week when it hit Pay-per-View.

I have to admit that the first time I watched it I was a bit dismayed that the plot seemed thin, but being that virtually every scene involved Sofia, I really didn't care. You can look at her a thousand times and each time you will will see something new that makes her appear even more beautiful.

So naturally I watched the movie again, and this time I noticed that the movie flowed a bit better and that the plot wasn't as thin as I originally thought it was. Couple that with Sofia looking better than in the first viewing, and I can only surmise that this movie will get BETTER with each repeated viewing.

I know what my schedule is like for the rest of the year!

pathetic

[deathrocker_19 · 1/10 · 6 November 2003]

this is the most pathetic movie i've ever seen. it don't come close to being funny. i can't understand y this movie was even made in the first place. it wasn't romantic or even slightly sexy, as i expected it to be. and there no story. really a waste of time. avoid at all cost.

Uhhhhhhh

[emryse · 5/10 · 6 June 2021]

Does this movie make sense? Uhhhhh. Does his movie provide an interesting story and relatable characters? Uhhhhhhh. Is it passable? I guess. This movie really equates to three incredibly attractive Latina women running around showing off cleavage and having fun, was it a work of art? No, definitely not. Did I enjoy it? Did you not hear when I mentioned the three incredibly attractive Latina women running around and showing off cleavage? It was slightly shackled by it's PG rating and it is not something for family viewing but if you're in the right mood it's an okay time. Just remember this film is pretty surface level eye-candy.

Vergüenza Latina

[magullon · 1/10 · 1 October 2005]

Nonsingle with beautiful women a film can be done, Chasing Papi is an example. The most rotten and vulgar topics meet in this discouraging history in which it recreates most shameful of those Latin ridiculous to hills of the typical tics that presumably represent them: the machismo, the hot crotch, the rate and little more. And all decorated it, in addition and to top it all, with a strange and distant language in a depressing attempt to even degrade plus the Spanish as tribute to the master who pays. One feels defenseless before so large aggression and single they are left desire to vomit later to see resemblance clown outfit. That yes, saving the beautiful physicist of those three splendids feminines protagonists. Something is something.

Lov the Latina's in this tame comedy

[jackkentclrk · 7/10 · 31 March 2009]

I admit that when I first heard of this movie starring Sofi'a , I wanted to see Sofi'a topless or in lace nightgowns..but that changed when I watched this movie.. I was familiar with Roselyn's work (Boat Trip,Rush Hour 2)and this was the 1st time I saw Jaci. Like with most of the fans of this movie,I fairly enjoyed it,as a guy -I enjoyed the eye-candy..Especially Sofi'a,even though she emulated that "cuchi-cuchi" Charo style,with her comical antics and Sofi'a over doing her hot and sexy colombian accent!! Because this movie was directed by a woman,this was a light screwball comedy..the story was simple,the comedy tame,lot of silly cliché's(especially for Sofi'a)and the acting was OK,though I was surprised at Sofi'a's comedy timing,since she never had any training at acting!!I don't know if this movie would have been better if a man directed this,his perspective.But because I enjoyed watching Sofi'a working off on the other Latina's,in all their sexiest,I could bare to watch this over again!!!

Sofia VERGARA is an awful actress

[nancygracia · 1/10 · 11 April 2005]

This movie was stupid and boring. I noticed that whenever Sofia VERGARA comes out in a movie, it is usually not a big hit. She really needs to enroll in some acting lessons. I think she needs to improve her English because her accent makes it very difficult to understand what the heck she is saying. I think she should stick to making calendars; the only thing she knows to do best. I remember when this movie first came out, it only lasted two weeks and it was directly sent to the dollar movies like a bullet. That is so embarrassing. The main problem is that now a days, people choose an actor according to their physical beauty. Many do not keep in mind that beauty and acting skills are two totally different things that should not be confused when choosing a great actor.

Good Fun Movie To Go See With Your Friends Or Mate

[midge123 · 6/10 · 19 April 2003]

This is a surprisingly cute and funny movie with a definite Hispanic flavor to it. The interaction between the three main characters had me laughing and wanting to learn how to speak Spanish! Even if you are not Hispanic you will enjoy this movie and will leave the theater smiling and talking about it.

Incredibly Stupid.

[gambilljen · 5/10 · 27 January 2007]

I really wanted to see the movie because of Jaci Valesquez, who is a Christian musician. I thought it would be pretty good, but I was dead wrong. This is not a good movie at all, it was just dumb, unoriginal, and did not seem fitting whatsoever for a Christian musician to be playing in. Not that it is necessarily bad in content (well, it has a few moments), but it is not something to promote. The acting was fine, the entertainment was OK, but somewhat ruined because of the awful script and direction of the film. I cannot even recommend if to die hard Jaci fans either, it was a mistake of a film, and I never really rate movies harshly, but this one was just bad.

I rate it 5/10 PG-Mild Sensuality and Language

Fun and playful movie - NOT to be taken seriously!!!

[tampa_tech · 10/10 · 25 January 2004]

I've read some the reviews that people made in regards to this movie and all I can say is take it easy - this movie DOES NOT deplict the average latino but it does reflect a funny view to the Casanova that is actually a nice guy who actually falls for 3 different ladies.

If this movie was made with pure white/anglo/european actors and it was called Chasing Stud - I'm sure the anglo community wouldn't be so agitated by the flick.

In the DVD the director mentioned that that she wanted to capture the goofy and fun-loving interaction from the movies in the 60's like What's Up Doc with Barbara Stresan and she succeeded with this movie.

As a latino - I do not find this movie at all offensive to my latin culture (Puerto Rican/Colombian) and everyone (family/friends)I talked to about this movie found it to be cute and funny.

So, sit back, watch, crack up and enjoy the movie!!!!1

An important first step

[sugar_daddyo · 7/10 · 24 November 2006]

This was 20th Century Fox's first attempt to make a movie targeting the Latino community. From this regard it is an important first step by Hollywood in acknowledging a growing trend in America. To be sure, the strength of the Latin community will dictate that studios figure out the right formula versus Latinos succumbing to what studios think they should watch. So in this regard, I give it 10 stars.

Some other impressive elements come from the casting. Jaci Velasquez is a Christian artist and notice that her theatrical debut is a PG movie and how she wore the one-piece bathing suit and otherwise maintained a modest demeanor alongside her co-stars. Another reason to consider Ms. Velasquez a role model for teens and to applaud Fox for not offering up an over-sexed first attempt to draw in Latino crowds.

Unfortunately the plot is somewhat vapid which is why I don't necessarily recommend the movie other than for its pivotal place in a movement that is gaining momentum.

Why was this movie even financed!!!

[maurice111473 · 1/10 · 10 February 2007]

Okay I realized this movie was not made for me... I am not a woman nor a latino but for creators sake at least the writers could have done was create 3-dimensional characters.

All the dialog was overshadowed by Spanish music. Seems like they were trying to sell the latest in Latin music than sell the characters. But on the other hand I could see the reason why...

The acting was Gawd horrible...I watched this movie high on caffeine but for some reason found it extremely difficult to stay awake.

I didn't even know this movie actually went to the theaters. It should have been left on the cutting room floor... all 8,100 feet! My belief was that some studio exec got a hard-on seeing the leading latinas in the same movie and decided to cough up some dough.

I used this film as production research to see what the production did with 5 million dollars and its obvious it was totally wasted! Do yourself a favor rent this movie and keep the DVD... It makes for a nice drink coaster.