Chasing Papi

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

A girls-just-wanna-have-fun farce.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

As light as a feather, as fresh as spring, and as lubricious as a centerfold... There is something extroverted and refreshing in the way these women enjoy their beauty and their sexiness.

Premiere Laine Ewen

Despite its Latin flavor, there is nothing new or original about Chasing Papi's girl-power story line and ridiculously stereotypical characters. But the film's charm lies in its ability to see itself for what it is.

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

Just as you're ready to give up on Chasing Papi, Paul Rodriguez shows up, and the movie goes from plotless to wildly overwritten in just one scene.

TV Guide Ken Fox

The energy is infectious, and while the female empowerment angle is no doubt sincere, the whole up-tempo construction jiggles a bit too much to be taken seriously.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

The fun wears thin once it becomes clear that the only trick the film has to offer is footage of the women fighting and bonding over their shared love of the handsome but uncharismatic Verástegui.

Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt

It's a shame that these actors, stars already in the Latino community, with most also having played small parts in Hollywood's more white-bread movies, got such a poorly written script for their American coming-out party.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Paul West

Most of Chasing Papi is a loud, frantic mess, a movie that wants to be a screwball farce but is simply farcical and screwy.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A giddy, slight Latina-lib comedy.

LA Weekly John Patterson

Remarkably, it took four writers to concoct this tin-eared, slighter-than-slight farce.

The New York Times Dave Kehr

A nonstop underscore of Latin pop, as well as several arbitrarily interpolated dream sequences and animated passages don't do nearly enough to make up for the film's unfocused frenzy and lack of genuine comic invention.

Variety Lael Loewenstein

For the most part, the fast-moving pace, thankfully slight running time, attractive leads and infectious soundtrack distract from its many inconsistencies

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

It's hard to say which is worse: The fact that 20th Century Fox believes this sour, sexist fantasy reflects anyone's actual experience or that Hollywood is so woefully behind the cultural curve.

New York Post Megan Lehmann

This pursuit farce is harmless (if stale) entertainment, but the sledge-hammer attempt to appeal to the country's fastest-growing movie-going demographic makes for a clunky narrative and one-note characters.

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

No doubt Fox wants to tap into those Latina dollars, but you've got to spend money to make money, and this shoddily cheap-looking product ain't gonna do it.

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Frantic and unfunny.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Ultimately sinks under the weight of its good intentions. It’s like watching Univision or Telemundo on the big screen.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

About as persuasively ethnic as an episode of "Friends."

USA Today Mike Clark

Imagine a movie so broadly conceived that it was written, directed and all parts were played by Charo — billed in her '70s heyday of Love Boat gigs as the "Cuchi-Cuchi Girl." That's what you get here.

San Francisco Chronicle C.W. Nevius

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. Everyone is working hard, but as with Sofia Vergara's costumes, there isn't enough material.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

Chasing Papi leaves you wishing Hollywood would just forget about Latinos altogether. If this is how they really see us, I'd rather not know.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

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

Village Voice Ed Gonzalez

Shamelessly purports to be "the first major studio comedy to reflect the Hispanic cultural experience in America," but the only place you're likely to find such shrill and whitewashed caricatures is in the elitist pages of ¡Hola!