Chasing Papi[Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle] - DVD

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Cast

• Sofía Vergara - Cici
• Ian Gomez - Doctor Chu
• Paul Rodriguez
• D.L. Hughley
• D.L. Hughley - Rodrigo
• Roselyn Sanchez - Lorena
• Freddy Rodriguez
• Freddy Rodriguez - Victor
• Joy Enriquez
• Lisa Vidal
• Lisa Vidal - Carmen
• Maria Conchita Alonso
• Maria Conchita Alonso - Mary
• Eduardo Verastegui - Papi
• Eduardo Verastegui - Tomas 'Papi' Fuentes
• Jaci Velasquez - Patricia
• Walter Mercado - Himself
• Eduardo Verástegui - Tomas 'Papi' Fuentes
• Eduardo Verástegui - Papi
• Bret Roberts - Biker

Crew

• Editor: Maysie Hoy
• Sound/Sound Designer: Felipe Borrero
• Casting: Chemin Sylvia Bernard
• Co-producer: Nellie Nugiel
• Producer: Forest Whitaker
• Art Director: Tony Stabley
• Production Designer: Candi Guterres
• Costume Designer: Salvador Perez
• Producer: Laura Angelica Simon
• Screenwriter: Laura Angelica Simon
• First Assistant Director: Julian Petrillo
• Co-producer: Elaine Dysinger
• Cinematographer: Xavier Perez Grobet
• Composer (Music Score): Emilio Estefan, Jr.
• Musical Direction/Supervision: Frankie Pine
• Screenwriter: Elizabeth Sarnoff
• Music Editor: Terry Wilson
• Executive Producer: Tajamika Paxton
• Set Designer: Bryan John Venegas
• Story Author: Steve Antin
• Screenwriter: Steve Antin
• Producer: Tracey Trench
• Director: Linda Mendoza
• Screenwriter: Alison Balian
• Short Story Author: Steve Antin
• Screen Story: Steve Antin
• Short Story Author: Laura Angelica Simon
• Editor: Maisie Hoy
• Cinematographer: Xavier Pérez Grobet

Chasing Papi: AMG Review
Derek Armstrong , AMG

Featherweight and certainly more than a little annoying, Chasing Papi nonetheless fares better than anticipated, given the shrill episodes featured in the trailers. At certain moments, its pastel production design mimics guilty pleasures like Bring It On and Charlie's Angels, effectively enough that it's almost tempting to label Chasing Papi its own guilty pleasure. Almost. The Charlie's Angels associations come from grouping together three disparate female types -- the buxom babe, the intellectual career woman, and the princess -- and sending them through a series of set pieces and other pratfalls that exploit their archetypal traits in a way that's more fun than insulting. What's not so fab is that the women initially remain devoted to their philandering boyfriend (Eduardo Verastegui), catfighting for a prize that should have lost its luster, and teaming up to protect him, rather than kicking him to the curb. That spares us the distaff revenge fantasy promised in the trailers, but it requires the women to continue desperately hoping he'll choose them, when they should be seizing their untapped feminism long before the coda. Then again, it's hard to take revenge on a guy who spends much of the movie unconscious on tranquilizers. While this tends to negate the "chasing" aspect of the title, it was undoubtedly a smart decision, given Verastegui's limited acting chops. Roselyn Sanchez, Sofía Vergara, and Jaci Velasquez show more energetic talents, and their sense of fun is contagious, almost in spite of the audience's better judgment. Six Feet Under's Freddy Rodriguez also turns in a comically unintelligible performance as a hoodlum with a toothache. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide