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Blame It On Rio (1984)

Director: Stanley Donen

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From Time Out Film Guide

Two middle-aged businessmen (Caine and Bologna) take a holiday in Rio without their wives but with their teenage daughters. When Bologna's daughter, a pyrogenic half-pint with the subtle approach of a heat-seeking missile, homes in on Caine, the result is a very predictable sort of French farcing about. 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. CPea.

Author: CPea 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Stanley Donen

Producer: Stanley Donen

Cast: Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 100 mins




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