John Butler's engaging dramedy pivots on the improbable friendship between an Anglo TV weatherman and a Mexican day laborer in L.A. In “Papi Chulo,” a scrupulously low-key and unassumingly ...
Well-intentioned but at times insensitive, “Papi Chulo” is a complicated movie. It wants so badly to do the right thing when the situation is all wrong.Written and directed by John Butler (“Handsome ...
With a screenplay refreshingly free of clichés and confidently directed by Irish filmmaker John Butler, Papi Chulo is the kind of film for which descriptive adjectives like modest, poignant, touching ...
A lonely weatherman hires a day laborer to be his pal in John Butler’s racially naïve buddy comedy. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we ...
HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- In the new movie "Papi Chulo," Matt Bomer plays a weatherman who's ordered to take some time off to deal with something heartbreaking he's been going through. He finds a friend in ...
EXCLUSIVE: Matt Bomer is known for his roles in White Collar, American Horror Story and the Magic Mike universe, but in the heartfelt drama Papi Chulo, Bomer takes a turn as the featured star as he ...
Sean's not having a good time of things. On a break from his job as a TV weatherman for an on-air meltdown and dumped by his boyfriend, after six months he's finally clearing out the last trace of his ...
Let’s say you want to make a movie about the dynamic between middle-class white folks and the undocumented dayworkers they employ (some would say “exploit”) in a city like Los Angeles. There are ...