His behavior comes across as inappropriate even before adding on any sort of social, racial or income inequalities between the characters. Sean feels entitled to this friendship with a stranger he barely knows. Many of the jokes in “Papi Chulo” are rooted in this unequal-buddy comedy routine. Instead, Sean ends up more or less hiring Ernesto to be his friend. Looking to do something with the free time on his hands, he enlists the help of a day laborer, Ernesto (Alejandro Patiño, “The Bridge”), to help repaint the deck outside his home. Forced to take time off from work, he struggles to cope with his loneliness after the loss of his relationship some months before. Written and directed by John Butler (“Handsome Devil”), “Papi Chulo” follows Sean (Matt Bomer), a popular Los Angeles weatherman, on the heels of an on-air mental breakdown. It wants so badly to do the right thing when the situation is all wrong. ![]() Well-intentioned but at times insensitive, “Papi Chulo” is a complicated movie.
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