Blame It on Rio (1984) on Netflix
Matthew Hollis goes to Rio de Janeiro on vacation with best friend Victor Lyons and their teenage daughters, Nikki and Jennifer. Jennifer tells Nikki she once had a crush on Matthew.
- Netflix1.6/5
- IMDb5.8/1013,351 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes7%
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Plot summary
Matthew Hollis and Victor Lyons are business colleagues and best friends in São Paulo. Victor is going through a divorce, and Matthew's marriage has grown strained. The two men arrange a vacation in Rio de Janeiro and bring Nikki and Jennifer, their daughters, along with Matthew's wife Karen, but Karen decides at the last minute to go to Bahia alone. In Rio the group settles into a rented house, where Jennifer tells Nikki that she once had a crush on Matthew. Both fathers are embarrassed when, walking the beach, they see their own daughters sunbathing topless. After the men leave the girls at a beach wedding and go to a bar, Matthew returns to the wedding, where Jennifer persuades him into the water and kisses him.
Cast
- Michael Menaughas Peter
- Betty von Wienas Isabella
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Blame It on Rio (1984)
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- Roger Ebert gave the film one star out of four, writing that "a disturbed girl is using sex to play mind games with a middle-aged man, and the movie get its yuks with slapstick scenes", and that "what's shocking is how many first-rate talents are associated with this sleaze."
- Michelle Johnson was nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star at the 5th Golden Raspberry Awards, losing to Olivia d'Abo for Bolero and Conan the Destroyer.
- Chris Chase of The New York Times cited Blame It on Rio as part of a new wave of films addressing the topic of teenage sexuality, alongside Angel, Risky Business and Reckless.
- The film is based on the 1977 French film Un moment d'égarement, which was itself remade again in 2015 with its title in English as One Wild Moment.
