Chasing Papi

HANDSOME ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE TOMAS PAPI FUENTES IS TRULY, DEEPLY IN LOVE...WITH THREE GORGEOUS WOMEN IN THREE DIFFERENT CITIES.THERE'S PRIM-AND-PROPER PATRICIA IN NEW YORK, LOVELY LORENA IN CHICAGO, AND SPICY CICI IN MIAMI.BUT THEN ALL THREE ARRIVE IN L.A. TO SURPRISE PAPI THE SITUATION EXPLODES!

A breezy exercise in "Latina Lib," Chasing Papi is a premarital variant of The First Wives Club, with enough jiggle to compete with Charlie's Angels and Victoria's Secret. The sexy fun begins when well-meaning Latino lover Tomás (Eduardo Verastegui) is confronted by the three girlfriends he's been wooing while traveling on business: Miami cocktail waitress Cici (Sofia Vergara), New York heiress Patricia (Jaci Velasquez), and Chicago attorney Lorena (Roselyn Sanchez) have discovered Tomás's infidelity, and they're primed for payback. Their romantic revenge involves a contrived subplot of drug money, inept criminals, and a gorgeous FBI agent (Lisa Vidal), but it's the allied girlfriends who steal this dim-witted fashion show. The female costars (all veterans of Spanish-language soap operas) are smart, sassy, and incredibly attractive, and director Linda Mendoza (herself a TV graduate, making her feature debut) keeps the comedy on an even, good-natured keel. The laughs are sporadic at best, but Chasing Papi is a bubbly babe-fest that either gender can appreciate. --Jeff Shannon