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17 out of 18 people found the following review useful: critics can be wrong, 1 October 2000 Author: Owen Christopher Keenan (keenanchris@hotmail.com) from Liverpool, England
This is a fun light-hearted comedy, with magnificent views of Brazil and subtle comic performances. It captures that early eighties feel well. And broaches the subject of a teenage temptress more honestly than the recent version of Lolita.I can only think that this movie was out of time. probably from a gentler age, but it still hits the mark with me, even watching it now.
12 out of 13 people found the following review useful: guilty pleasure, 26 July 2002 Author: Ajtlawyer from Richland, WA
I saw this movie when it first came out. The theater was in a small town and there was nothing else to do that night so we went to the movie thinking it would be crap. Instead, I laughed so hard I almost fell out of my seat. I've loved the movie ever since.Everyone knows the premise---Michael Caine and Joseph Bologna take their teenage daughters, Michelle Johnson and Demi Moore to Rio for a vacation. Caine's marriage is in trouble and his wife is vacationing somewhere else. They're barely settled into the home they're renting when Johnson aggressively pursues Caine and he quickly succumbs (like any man would!). Caine is guilt-ridden but cannot resist Michelle's considerable charms. Her father finds out about the affair and goes nuts trying to find out who her lover is. He enlists Caine in his search and many hilarious scenes ensue.The setting for this movie is just gorgeous and the women are even more beautiful. This was Michelle Johnson's first movie and it shows but she does project a sweet sincerity and her va-va-voom body more than makes up for any performance shortcomings. Zowie! Catch the scene where the fathers find their daughters topless at the beach---this was well before Demi Moore had some "enhancements" later in her life and it is painfully obvious that she's extremely embarrassed by doing the topless scene. Michelle is a trouper though, lucky for us!The ultimate reason to see this movie though is Michael Caine. He is extremely funny in this movie and I can only imagine how much fun he had making it----a guy in his 40s getting to spend a few weeks in one of the most beautiful and exciting cities in the world and having all these love scenes with a girl half his age and getting paid to do it!!! Caine has made a lot of schlocky movies, for sure, but in an interview once he said that no matter how dumb the movie was or how cheaply it was done, he would try to give the best performance he could so even if the rest of the movie was crap, the viewer could at least appreciate that Caine did a good job. That dedication to his craft is what lifts what should've been a "C-" movie like "Rio" into a "B" "B-" movie instead and when he's in really good material, makes it unforgettable.
15 out of 20 people found the following review useful: Blame It on Flanders, 26 October 2002 Author: J. Wellington Peevis from Malltown
At the risk of ruining my credibility, I proudly declare this as one of my favorite movies. Nobody in their right mind would ever even contemplate a movie like this now, I know. In truth, I'm always shocked it was made at all. It's subject matter beyond the pale of even the low-life studio execs who make the big decisions. The most important and amazing consideration is it was intended as mainstream release. Its not a Troma shclock job. Its a very well made, extremely well written film about a very naughty topic. Consider it a blooper, an accident, if you will, but its great. Quick synopsis, a middle aged dude messes around and falls in love with his best friends 18 year old daughter. And its not exactly tastefully told. There's a ton of gratuitous nudity which is what really dooms it, and makes it just the sort of oddity and pariah people so love to hate. I'm old now, but when i fell in love with it I was like 19 so wipe the perverted sanctimonious smirk off of your face! I like good comedy and well made on location vacation pics, that inspire me to travel. So it's the Peters-Gelbart script and the wonderful scenery that have won it a place in my cold heart. Ok, ok, topless 18 year old girls are a decided bonus.
7 out of 9 people found the following review useful: Another example of why I love the 80's!, 28 July 2003 Author: mhohmann359 from NJ, USA
Now let me start by saying I love a good movie! I love a great script, engaging characters and brilliant cinematography.***This movie has none of these things!But it does have the type of storyline and pointless nudity that Hollywood seems unwilling to include in a mainstream film. This is one of those movies that was on HBO late at night when I was a kid and I loved it.There's something to great nudity! We just don't celebrate it enough anymore! Plus Demi Moore pre-implants!
6 out of 8 people found the following review useful: A Fun Role For Michael Caine?, 14 July 2007 Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States
There was one major reason to watch this movie: Michelle Johnson, and that's about it. The film doesn't offer too much else. Basically, it's a silly story.Michael Caine ("Matthew") and Joseph Bologna ("Victor") plays some middle- aged guys who are going through marriage problems (bad marriage and a divorce, respectively) so they go down to Brazil to spend money since they're rich. They bring their late teen/young-adult daughters? Huh? Well, Victor's daughter is a knockout and they have a fling. Johnson plays the girl, "Jennifer," who shows off her breasts as much as she can in this film. This is why I and a lot of other guys saw this movie. In reality, there isn't much merit to this story, regardless. This must have been a wonderful role for Caine to play! Caine, an outstanding and likable actor, keeps this film - along with Johnson's obvious assets - from being a total bomb. As "Matthew," his mind knows this a bad relationship and vows to end it, but you know what else "doing the talking" for him, so it ain't easy. Demi Moore, by the way, plays Caine's daughter in this movie.It's really not a horrible film but it's pretty inane and crude in areas. The real shocker might not be all the nudity or sex jokes and lying but who directed the film: good 'ole Stanley Donen, who also gave us "Singin' In The Rain" and "Charade." How in the world did he get involved with this movie? Maybe Johnson was too much of an allure for him, too!
8 out of 12 people found the following review useful: wow, a romantic movie that doesn't suck, 31 May 2005 Author: composer_mike from Edoass
-So the movie is about two best friends and their daughters who decide to take a vacation to Rio. The two friends are played by Michael Caine and Joseph Bologna, and the two daughters are played by the beautiful Michelle Johnson and a very young Demi Moore. Whiles there the other friend's daughter falls in love and lust with Michael Caine and the whole movie is spent with her trying to make him admit that he loves her too. -This is a sugar sweet romantic movie. The jokes are hilarious. Caine does a wonderful job with his deadpan attitude and dry delivery, just like the way Tommy Lee Jones did with the "MIB" series. The movie is also filled with twists and surprises, characters you think you can trust end up being not so nice, and we get to see everyone well rounded by the end of the picture. Michael Caine surprised me greatly by actually making me laugh which I thought was impossible for a usually serious actor like him -But Caine's not the best thing about the movie though, that crown belongs to Michelle Johnson. Why this woman hasn't become the big star that she deserves is beyond me. Much like Sarah Polley she lights up every scene that she's in and does an amazing job with it. She made this movie when she was only 17 years old and yet she displayed more talent than most of the actors that we have today. Demi Moore is alright, but she comes and goes and doesn't really impact the story much. -In the end this is a great movie to watch, has lots of humor and a beautiful romantic story to boot.
6 out of 9 people found the following review useful: Funny, sexy, serious, 8 July 2001 Author: warrior-21 from Seattle, Washington
This movie is one of Caine's great comedies and should be watched immediately. Blame it on rio also stars Michelle Johnson, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Demi Moore. The film has many funny twists and turns to keep you laughing and guessing until the end. Nudity is all over this movie especially Michelle Johnson and a little bit of Demi Moore. Michael, Joseph, and Valerie are pros at this comedy and the two amateurs do a pretty good stab at making you laugh your head off. Blame it on Rio starts off a little slow but soon it is moving at fast speed and you better hang on to your seatcushions. A serious topic is discussed in both a serious and funny manner allowing you to see different sides of a story. This movie is like a favorite candy or soda that you cannot get enough of and that you want to have more of immediately. So kick back and relax and enjoy all the wild antics abound for you in this crazy comedy and at the end Blame it on Rio.
3 out of 4 people found the following review useful: I loved it, 23 May 2001 Author: (mrpeterrobertson@aol.com) from Florida
Well, maybe it's just me but I thought this film was hilarious. 2 marvellous quotes:"I can't do this", "Why not", "because I'm 23 years older than you', "29", "26"!!!!"Go on tell her who" "Jennifer" "Jennnifer who?" "Jennifer" "ohhhh, you mean Jennifer, poor, sweet, young, innocent Jennifer........the bitch!"For these lines alone the film merits a 10!
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful: Over-sexed 80's film, 14 December 2007 Author: gcd70 from Melbourne, Australia
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
"Blame it on Rio" is a romantic comedy 80's style, with more than an eye full of sex throughout its 101 minute running time.The plot concerns two middle-aged men in crisis, one of whom is sorting through his divorce, the other dealing with the possibility of that same prospect. Both good friends, they decide to take a vacation in exotic Rio de Janeiro, each with a daughter at their side. Complications set in when one of them gets involved with the other's daughter.This potential riot of a story is fairly funny and there are some good lines, however it never really becomes hilarious, as it could have. Any attempt at handling the moral issue seriously doesn't work either, and perhaps director Donen should have stuck to the humour of the situation.Not a bad film, but what really ruins it is Michelle Johnson's awful performance as the naughty little temptress Jennifer. While she uses her body to full advantage, it's the only thing she's got. Michelle's acting prowess leaves a great deal to be desired. No wonder we haven't seen her in anything else.Friday, January 7, 1994 - Video
3 out of 5 people found the following review useful: Mid-Life Crisis Madcap Madness!, 27 February 2003 Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from fairview, nj
BLAME IT ON RIO (1984) **1/2 Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore. Occasionally funny screwball comedy with middle-age crises plagued Caine vacationing with pal Bologna in Rio de Janeiro with their teenage daughters, only for Caine to have an affair with his friend's buxom babe of a daughter (the gravity-defying Johnson) and later her declaration of love leading to all kinds of craziness. Funniest scene is of Caine and Bologna fighting in bed together. One-liner laden script by Larry Gelbart.
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