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- 1984
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
- 1984
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
Summary Best friends and their daughters holiday in Rio only for one to fall for the other's daughter.
Directed By: Stanley Donen
Written By: Charlie Peters, Larry Gelbart, Claude Berri
- 1984
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
- 1984
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 40 m
Blame It on Rio
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8.0
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Summary Best friends and their daughters holiday in Rio only for one to fall for the other's daughter.
Directed By: Stanley Donen
Written By: Charlie Peters, Larry Gelbart, Claude Berri
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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10% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
70% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
22
10% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
70% Negative
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
Blame It On Rio is still a lot of fun. The colorful locations help out when the
situations in them begin to pall. [17 Feb 1984]
Central premise of a secret romance between Michael Caine and the love-smitten daughter of his best friend (Joe Bologna) while the trio vacations together in torrid Rio may be adventurous comedy. Zany comedic conflict, however, is offputting, even at times nasty, in this essentially dead-ahead comedy that sacrifices charm and a light touch for too much realism.
Aside from a good exchange rate of one-liners, the chief feeling left by the movie (a remake of Claude Berri's Un Moment d'Egarement) is of a thin, cynical calculation. Sole reason to catch it would be to monitor one more step of Caine's increasing excellence as middle age overtakes him.
Blame It On Rio turns into a most uncomfortable film, leeringly depicting an affair with decidely icky undertones of incest and pedophilia. Between gratuitous (if titillating) nude scenes and a succession of lame soundtrack songs, there are plenty of travelogue shots to pad out the thin narrative line. Caine looks embarrassed through the entire film, as well he might.
Blame It On Rio has the mind of a 1940s bongo comedy and the heart of a porno film. It's really unsettling to see how casually this movie takes a serious situation. A disturbed girl is using sex to play mind games with a middle-aged man, and the movie get its yuks with slapstick scenes where one guy goes out the window when the other guy comes in the door. What's shocking is how many first-rate talents are associated with this sleaze.
Travel-folder footage of Rio mixed with father-daughter incest (in a disguised form)...Most of the movie is an attempt to squirm out from under its messy erotic-parental subject.
Though the scenery can't be faulted, there's not a single funny or surprising moment in the movie. However, Blame It on Rio is not simply humorless. It also spreads gloom. It's one of those unfortunate projects that somehow suggests that everyone connected with the movie hated it and all of the other people involved.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
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75% Positive
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Production Company
Sherwood Productions
Release Date Feb 17, 1984
Duration 1 h 40 m
Rating R
Tagline You can blame the night, blame the wine, blame the moon in her eyes, but when all else fails . . . you'd better . . . Blame it on Rio!
Awards
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
