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A film that is beautiful to look at but lacks clear vision.
Miriam Di Nunzio, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
A bumbling Chinese talent manager, Huang, travels to L.A. to retrieve his singer who fled to elope mid-tour. Instead of retrieving his singer, his futile attempts land him an arranged marriage, five adopted kids and an angry boss demanding his investment back. In his quest to reclaim fame and fortune, Huang learns an important lesson in what it means to be a family..
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In the end, it's a museum piece: even the drunken screaming matches between Hemingway and his wife feel staged.
Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
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As the first U.S. film shot in Cuba since Castro came to power in 1959, Papa gives us sights to revel in. Oddly, what hurts is the clunky, overripe script.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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Richardson deserves better. Hemingway certainly deserves better. And so does the audience.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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Ms. Richardson comforts and coaxes and exasperatedly, bitingly demeans, but she and Mr. Sparks play past each other instead of engaging.
Helen T. Verongos, New York Times
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