Rarely do I watch a movie that leaves me truly perplexed. I often have a good sense of what transpired during those two hours, give or take, and don’t really get caught off guard by an ending. But that wasn’t the case when I pressed play on Chasing Papi, the quirky-but-cringe comedy that follows a playboy type across the country as he juggles relationships with three different women.
But now, two decades later and with the gift of hindsight, watching this movie was almost borderline painful. Though the characters worked with what they had, they were ultimately all caricatures: Tomás as the oversexed Casanova, Cici as the Latina femme fatale, Patricia as the self-loathing Whitina, and Lorena as “the smart one.” I wanted more multidimensionality for the cast and certainly more diversity overall. From what I could tell, there were no Afro-Latine or openly queer characters.
"What’s more, the dialogue frequently dove into corny territory, complete with lines like, “Ay, chihuahua!” In one scene, as Tomás walks by, an elderly woman looks at him longingly and asks, “Where was he in ‘44?” Shortly after that, a group of nuns appears and when one sees Tomás, she says, “Sister, is it too late to change my mind?”But back to why the ending had me so perplexed. Well, for starters, all three women let Tomás off the hook waaaaaaay too easily.
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