Saturday, 13 February 2016

Blame it on Rio (1984 Stanley Donen & prod)

Bizarrely we find ourselves back in the musical and exuberant Rio de Janeiro where irresponsible father Michael Caine doesn't even have the excuse of being sozzled before he shags best friend's daughter Michelle Johnson in Larry Gelbart and Charlie Peters' wish fulfilment fantasy. Demi Moore, you'll notice, keeps her boobs covered up and thus she doesn't get into any of this sort of trouble, even with Joseph Bologna, and it's very nice to see Valerie Harper again as her mom.

Caine is better than the material, which is frequently clichéd but quite fun (though entirely suspect).

The trouble begins...

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