Genre: Romance, Comedy, Escape, Love, Teenage, Deception, Marriage, Christmas, On The Road
Tagline: Every family has a rebel. Even the First Family.
Plot: Eighteen-year-old Anna Foster (MANDY MOORE) just wants the American dream: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. At the very least, she wants the freedom to live like any other teenager.But as the only child of the President of the United States, every detail of Anna’s life is constantly monitored by the media, the public and her very protective parents – backed up by a battalion of Secret Service agents dedicated to safeguard her from danger, including the perils of first dates. While on a diplomatic trip to Europe with her parents, Anna exacts a promise from her father for a rare evening out alone, unescorted by the usual security detail. It’s a little taste of the freedom she’s been longing for. But when over-protective Dad has a last-minute change of heart and reneges, Anna decides it’s time to take matters into her own hands, ditches the agents and goes on the run. In her wild escape, incognito Anna meets charming Brit Ben Calder (MATTHEW GOODE), who aids her European getaway. Reveling in her newfound independence, Anna decides to take Europe by storm, accompanied by Ben and always a step ahead of her zealous bodyguards. As her impromptu European adventure takes her farther away from a life of protocol and draws her closer to her dashing young traveling
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 "Roman Holiday" for the MTV generation.--Kirk Honeycutt (Hollywod Reporter)
It's hard to fault Chasing Liberty for following the formula, since that's its goal from the beginning. It's looking to please a certain audience, and going too far afield might miss the target.  --James Berardinelli (ReelViews)
The lack of narrative sophistication allows an Ecstasy-like disposition to set in; ''Liberty'' becomes goo-goo eyed over itself. It lacks the discipline to define Anna sufficiently; rather, it portrays her as either a lovable naïf or a spoiled narcissistin desperate need of a lesson, the kind of thing found in some of the screwball comedies this movie tries to pickpocket.--Elvis Mitchell (The New York Times)
Mandy Moore plays a presidential daughter itching for freedom. Why won't Hollywood give the talented Moore a little bit of her own?--Charles Taylor (Salon)
The screenwriters probably said, "Dude, let's take that story and strip it of everything that's sublime!" This they did very well. "Chasing Liberty" is a comedy with no sense of fun, a romance with no passion.  --Jami Bernard (New York Daily News)
A formula-down-to-the-bone teen romance/European travelogue (the third in under a year), “Liberty” is a crushing bore, directed without vision, and written without a brain. D--Brian Orndorf (FilmJerk.com)
Director Andy Cadiff keeps things moving at a brisk pace, and makes good use out of the unusual foreign locales visited by Anna and Ben.  --David Nusair (Reel Film Reviews)
The film's overall concept is still unlikely to win many creativity awards, but it's cute, it's entertaining and it featured decent acting from the two leads, as well as chemistry. 6/10--'JoBlo' (JoBlo.com)
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Mandy Moore
Saved!, A Walk to Remember, The Princess Diaries |
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 | Mark Harmon
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Freaky Friday, Wyatt Earp |
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Shall We Dance, Pretty Persuasion, Catch That Kid | | |
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Watching pretty people cavort in beautiful locales can sometimes be enough to make a movie palatable, but in the end Chasing Liberty is just another coming-of-age flick showcasing the eternal teenager Mandy Moore.  --Kit Bowen (Hollywood.com)
It's no longer enough to say that Mandy Moore is a better actress than Britney Spears or any other teen idol pop star. It's getting time to say that Mandy Moore is an actress, one who listens and thinks, and looks like a real person, not an antiseptic princess.--Mick LaSalle (San Francisco Chronicle)
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