MICHAEL CAINE IS UNCLE MATTHEW. GOOD STUFF...
Added 2/14/2010
MIchael Caine is a funny bastard, every once in a while he gets some lame roles, but when he gets a good, he can really crack you up. This bit, in which he gets involved with his best friends daughter is perfectly suited for him. Along with a nice supporting cast including that funny guy from the eighties (I cant remember who he is, hes either italian or jewish-not sure)Demi Moore and this cutey chick I remember from the eighties with perky teets (said daughter- displays them frequently, on the beach, in the parlor, polaroids...) take this tale to the beaches of rio. I never knew too much about Rio, I'll probably never go there, but I really dig their scene. Groovy acoustic guitars, bongos, parrots, straw huts, topless beaches etc. The perfect atmosphere.
I wont go crazy into the whole side story involving Michael Caines wife, but even if the movie seemed destine to turn into a downhill disaster comedy, where Michael Caine is brutally murdered by the funny italian jew, the ending was suprisingly tender and nice. Michael Caine style. Come on. He's really not a bad guy.
I watched this on Impact On-Demand half guessing it, but I might just add this one to my collection. Check it out,,, seems like its out of stock, but try and find it on cable, good to watch with a lady friend ...maybe even your friends daughter... bring the fam along. Hey, its Rio. Either way, you shant regret it. PS I'm looking for some of that good Rio lounge music on vinyl, respond with any good suggestions if you have any, cool? Awright. Dig you kids later.
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Bad script, nice scenery
Added 7/16/2009
I can't believe we were watching the same movie here. Apart from the gorgeous body of Michelle Johnson and the scenic shots of Rio there is very little to like about this flick. Michelle's acting is bad, the script is sophomorish, the audio is amateurish, and subject matter borders on disgusting.
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As un-PC as they get.
Added 3/12/2009
You've got to hand it to this "sophisticated comedy" from the 1980s -- it has the guts to go where very films would ever dare in portraying an all-too-possible disaster on a sundrenched holiday. It points out the contradiction that you go on these vacations for fun and relaxation, only to find the constrictions of social etiquette and morality pushed to their breaking point. Blame it on Rio might not connect the dots in all the right ways (probably because they knew they were playing with fire) but it's all there if you look.
As usual, Michael Caine is hilarious as an average middle-aged guy who falls for the siren song of a vapid, hardbodied little temptress... who also happens to be the teenaged daughter of his best friend. It's really not done in a creepy way and is in fact a very realistic situation that simply falls way outside of our accepted norms of behavior. Would I do it? No. But I can see it happening, particularly with a guy who is in a problematic marriage. Placing it in Rio was a great idea to show how a Westerner's morals just collapse, and The movie really doesn't shy away from the fallout of thinking with your loins instead of your brain. Having said that, the Caine character gets off pretty easy and the film dodges around to avoid some awkward resolutions and in the end somewhat condones his behavior if not its consequences. That's not so good.
But, this film is a lot more honest than the environment we find ourselves in now, in which very young girls now traipse about in what is the equivalent of hooker shoes and daisy dukes, where in 2009 sex literally is oozing out of commercials and billboards while most men just internalize it all and try their best to keep their view of women in the balance. This is a relatively honest film about the ridiculous hypocrisy our society creates in taunting something that is simply biological.
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Three stars go toward the movie being really funny, but then its subject matter is a bit actually more than a bit disgusting!
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Blame it on Rio
Added 9/20/2008
It is hillarious. We saw it years ago and it is as funny as we remembered. We just loved Michael Caine and Joseph Bolonga. Their walk on the beach was great.
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MICHAEL CAINE IS UNCLE MATTHEW. GOOD STUFF...
Added 2/14/2010
MIchael Caine is a funny bastard, every once in a while he gets some lame roles, but when he gets a good, he can really crack you up. This bit, in which he gets involved with his best friends daughter is perfectly suited for him. Along with a nice supporting cast including that funny guy from the eighties (I cant remember who he is, hes either italian or jewish-not sure)Demi Moore and this cutey chick I remember from the eighties with perky teets (said daughter- displays them frequently, on the beach, in the parlor, polaroids...) take this tale to the beaches of rio. I never knew too much about Rio, I'll probably never go there, but I really dig their scene. Groovy acoustic guitars, bongos, parrots, straw huts, topless beaches etc. The perfect atmosphere.
I wont go crazy into the whole side story involving Michael Caines wife, but even if the movie seemed destine to turn into a downhill disaster comedy, where Michael Caine is brutally murdered by the funny italian jew, the ending was suprisingly tender and nice. Michael Caine style. Come on. He's really not a bad guy.
I watched this on Impact On-Demand half guessing it, but I might just add this one to my collection. Check it out,,, seems like its out of stock, but try and find it on cable, good to watch with a lady friend ...maybe even your friends daughter... bring the fam along. Hey, its Rio. Either way, you shant regret it. PS I'm looking for some of that good Rio lounge music on vinyl, respond with any good suggestions if you have any, cool? Awright. Dig you kids later.
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Bad script, nice scenery
Added 7/16/2009
I can't believe we were watching the same movie here. Apart from the gorgeous body of Michelle Johnson and the scenic shots of Rio there is very little to like about this flick. Michelle's acting is bad, the script is sophomorish, the audio is amateurish, and subject matter borders on disgusting.
0 out of 4 people found this helpful.
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As un-PC as they get.
Added 3/12/2009
You've got to hand it to this "sophisticated comedy" from the 1980s -- it has the guts to go where very films would ever dare in portraying an all-too-possible disaster on a sundrenched holiday. It points out the contradiction that you go on these vacations for fun and relaxation, only to find the constrictions of social etiquette and morality pushed to their breaking point. Blame it on Rio might not connect the dots in all the right ways (probably because they knew they were playing with fire) but it's all there if you look.
As usual, Michael Caine is hilarious as an average middle-aged guy who falls for the siren song of a vapid, hardbodied little temptress... who also happens to be the teenaged daughter of his best friend. It's really not done in a creepy way and is in fact a very realistic situation that simply falls way outside of our accepted norms of behavior. Would I do it? No. But I can see it happening, particularly with a guy who is in a problematic marriage. Placing it in Rio was a great idea to show how a Westerner's morals just collapse, and The movie really doesn't shy away from the fallout of thinking with your loins instead of your brain. Having said that, the Caine character gets off pretty easy and the film dodges around to avoid some awkward resolutions and in the end somewhat condones his behavior if not its consequences. That's not so good.
But, this film is a lot more honest than the environment we find ourselves in now, in which very young girls now traipse about in what is the equivalent of hooker shoes and daisy dukes, where in 2009 sex literally is oozing out of commercials and billboards while most men just internalize it all and try their best to keep their view of women in the balance. This is a relatively honest film about the ridiculous hypocrisy our society creates in taunting something that is simply biological.
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