Papi chulo

Sweet... I like that [Matt Bomer] is toying with his own image here.

[John] Butler's quiet, slow-moving comedy drama touches on so many aspects of contemporary L.A. life that it sometimes lands only glancing blows on those topics.

Bomer masterfully inhabits the role, with Sean's neuroses and sadness always ringing true.

A one-sided personal enlightenment comedy in which the film's Latinx characters exist primarily for the benefit of a white hero's evolution.

[T]his banally titled buddy dramedy won't solve our critical drought of empathy or advance our social justice preoccupations, but it's a mostly enjoyable drop in the right direction.

Oh no, Hollywood did it again.

It should be satirical, but the film doesn't seem to be in on the joke... [Moments of vulnerability] are to be credited more to the cast's acting power than to the narrative.

Overall the film is beautiful to look at but not very deep...I think the film is worth watching for some of the great work that Patiño does, but beyond that it is pretty standard fare.

[Matt] Bomer's work here is honest and heartfelt, and perhaps one of this year's best performances.

Papi Chulo is redeemed, just, by a couple of terrifically good lead performances and the decision to not have Ernesto utter gnomic wisdom at the hapless Sean. It's no Intouchables, but neither, thankfully, is it Driving Miss Daisy.