Review of Papi Chulo (2019) by Alex Saveliev for Film Threat — 07 Jun 2019
Matt Bomer and Alejandro Patiño, who play the two leads, have a chemistry that brings to mind Tom McCarthy’s superior studies of seemingly disparate characters bonding against all odds, The Station Agent and The Visitor.
That unlikely companionship – the heart of Butler’s film – goes a long way to make up for other lags: underdeveloped secondary characters and a few misjudged sequences that unwittingly titter on the brink of “racist.
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This review of Papi Chulo (2019) was written by Alex Saveliev and published by Film Threat on 07 Jun 2019.
Papi Chulo has generally received mixed reviews.
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