Chasing Liberty (2004)
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19% of critics liked it
(116 reviews) -
61% of users liked it
(76,671 ratings)
Television director Andy Cadiff turns toward feature films to direct the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty, which appears to be loosely based on the 1953 Audrey Hepburn classic Roman Holiday. Mandy Moore stars as Anna Foster, the 18-year-old daughter of President of the United States James Foster… More Television director Andy Cadiff turns toward feature films to direct the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty, which appears to be loosely based on the 1953 Audrey Hepburn classic Roman Holiday. Mandy Moore stars as Anna Foster, the 18-year-old daughter of President of the United States James Foster (Mark Harmon). Anna has led quite a privileged life, but she has grown to resist the constant presence of Secret Service agents getting in the way of her independence. While on a family trip to Europe, Anna manages to get away from security for a brief time. She inevitably falls into the romantic arms of British boy Ben Calder (Matthew Goode), with whom she enjoys a fresh and clean European vacation. Not wanting to ruin her fun, she doesn't tell him about her upper-class social status. But, alas, Ben surprises her with a secret identity of his own. Jeremy Piven and Annabella Sciorra play two Secret Service agents. Caroline Goodall plays the wise, conventional First Lady. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andy Cadiff
- Written By
- David Schneiderman, Derek Guiley
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 9, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
Critic Reviews
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Charles Taylor, Salon.com
Forgettable fluff but it left me in an unaccountably bad mood, mainly because it's a step back for Mandy Moore.
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Laura Sinagra, Village Voice
Moore's lip-glossed petulance never catches fire with Goode's canned drollery.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
It's one TV-movie romp that Kristy McNichol never got around to starring in.
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Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Chasing Liberty will probably win over as many fuddy-duddy fathers as fillies with its mixture of sweetness tempered with genial cynicism.
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
An endless, virtually laugh-free pastiche of Aaron Sorkin by way of Aaron Spelling.
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Cast
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Mandy Moore
as Anna Foster
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Matthew Goode
as Ben Calder
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Jeremy Piven
as Alan Weiss
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Annabella Sciorra
as Cynthia Morales
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Caroline Goodall
as Michelle Foster
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Mark Harmon
as President James Foster
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Joseph Long
as Eugenio
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Miriam Margolyes
as Maria
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Jan Kuzelka
as Farmer
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Marek Vasut
as Drunk Man In Bar
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Petr Meissel
as Man At Train Station
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Frantisek Cerný
as Marquis De Sade Band
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Sam Ellis
as Phil
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The Roots
as Themselves
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Joel Sugerman
as Onlooker At The River
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Terence Maynard
as Harper
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Stark Sands
as Grant Hillman
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Jan Filipensky
as Farmer's Son 2
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Martin Hancock
as McGruff
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Beatrice Rosenblatt
as Gabrielle
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Grant Hillman
as Stark Sands
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Tony Jayawardena
as White House Guard
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Briony Glassco
as Photo Mother
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Lily Tello
as Photo Daughter 1
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Tyla Barnfield
as Photo Daughter 2
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Lewis Hancock
as Press Secretary
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Lewis Hagon
as Secretary Of State
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Zac Benoir
as Chairman Of The Joint Chief Of Staff
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Jan Goodman
as National Security Advisor
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Robert Ashe
as Chief Of Staff
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Beatrice Rosen
as Gabrielle
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Lucie Liskova
as Drunk Girl in Club
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Brian Caspe
as Agent In Club
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Milan Cimfe
as Marquis De Sade Band
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Pavel Karlik
as Marquis De Sade Band
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Maurizio Dal Corso
as Italian Waiter
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Jan Vosmik
as Farmer's Son 1
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Nial Iskhakov
as Austrian Child
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Adrian Bouchet
as Gus Gus
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Petr Vanek
as Gen - Xer #1
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David Maj
as Gen - Xer #2
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Jeremy Healy
as Himself
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Dusan Fager
as Partier #1
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Dennison Betram
as Partier #2
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Zdenek Hamouz
as Weiss' New partner



