Rio, I Love You
Synopsis
The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.
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Cast
- Vincent CasselZé (segment "A Musa")
- Fernanda MontenegroDona Fulana (segment "Dona Fulana")
- Eduardo SterblitchLeandro (segment "Dona Fulana")
- Basil HoffmanJames (segment "La Fortuna")
- Emily MortimerDorothy (segment "La Fortuna")
- Harvey KeitelO Ator (segment "O Milagre")
- Ryan KwantenJai Arnott (segment "Acho que Estou Apaixonado")
- John TurturroHomem (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")
- Vanessa ParadisMulher (segment "Quando não há Mais Amor")
- Jason IsaacsO "Gringo" (segment "Texas")
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The A.V. Club
Rio offers the uncomfortable spectacle of 10 different filmmakers mostly failing to produce a sense of place that can be sustained over 10 minutes, much less multiple senses of place that can be stitched into an interesting patchwork. - 42
Entertainment Weekly
Vincente Amorim weaves each short together with lots of sweeping panoramas of the city, and the end result feels less like a collection of love stories and more like a bland tourism ad. - 40
TheWrap
The bulk of these stories just aren’t very engaging — or even good. - 38
RogerEbert.com
Rio, I Love You feels like little more than an extended tourism promotion video. - 37
Washington Post
There are more than 6 million potential love stories in Rio de Janeiro. Unfortunately, none of the 10 that have been assembled in the anthology film Rio, I Love You is any good. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
The only people sure to love this concoction are those working for Rio's tourism bureau. - 30
Village Voice
Even more than in Paris, Je T'Aime and New York, I Love You, this latest omnibus in producer Emmanuel Benbihy's "Cities of Love" franchise might leave viewers wondering whether these needed to be set in Rio de Janeiro at all. - 30
The New York Times
Tourism is what it has to sell.