Rio, Eu Te Amo

"Rio, Eu Te Amo" is the third official entry in the "Cities Of Love" film franchise. It absolutely cannot stand to comparison with the nearly-excellent "Paris, Je T'Aime", but it may rank slightly higher than "New York, I Love You". Overall it feels kind of amateurish and randomly thrown-together, but there are a few distinctive episodes, like Stephan Elliott's offbeat tale about a famous Australian actor who decides, on impulse, to climb a "magic mountain" along with his "babysitter", or Nadine Labaki's cute yarn (with her and Harvey Keitel) about a boy who is waiting for a call from "Jesus". Some lush Rio scenery & music help. ** out of 4.

Rio, I Love You (Portuguese: Rio, Eu Te Amo) (2014) Directors: Vicente Amorim, Guillermo Arriaga, Stephan Elliott, Im Sang-soo, Nadine Labaki, Fernando Meirelles, José Padilha, Carlos Saldanha, Paolo Sorrentino, John Turturro, Andrucha Waddington Watched: 8/22/18 Rating: 5/10

Ten Stories Plus segues. Lacks transitions- Where does one end and the next one begin? Where is the crime, murder, and poverty? Flawed/incomplete Portrayal. Soundtrack Fun, With Lovely Aerial Scenery shots; "The Muse", "Texas", "Useless Landscape" stand out. Another "Cities of Love" installment- First, second, third: Bon, good, mau- Glaring Gap.

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What's with vampire b.s.??? I thought these were romcoms..... I love i love you new york, and paris je taime, once i got thru the reading, i liked Rio until the stupid vampire scene, doesn't flow at alll. Make a separate movie for that, i love horror movies, when I'm actually in the mood for them, but i thought i was watching a nice rom com like new york and you threw that in. NO!!!!!

So bad I don't want to waste much of my time reviewing. Idiotic stories that have little to do with the trailer.

"Rio, I Love You" is part of a movie series focusing on cities (previous entries focused on New York and Paris). We have here a collection of vignettes depicting various and sundry events in Rio de Janeiro. My personal favorite was Nadine Labaki's "O Milagre" starring Harvey Keitel, but I'd say that the most important vignette was José Padilha's "Inútil Paisagem". The protagonist hang-glides over the city and tells Christ the Redeemer about the problems that continue to plague Brazil: crime, wealth disparity, and other things.

It was probably appropriate that the movie got released two years before the Rio Olympics. A lot of attention would get focused on the metropolis, but countless issues haunted the city. Probably most controversial was that the Olympics became a vanity project for Dilma Rousseff, and she forced people off their land to make room for the stadium (which is certain to never get used again). To make matters worse, the parliament forced her out of office right before the games - basically a constitutional coup - and now the oligarchy is back in power.

Anyway, it's a good movie. Also appearing are John Turturro, Fernanda Montenegro, Emily Mortimer and Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies).