That Man From Rio

An entertaining adventure comedy for the first hour and a dragging spoof for the second hour. It has a crazy sense of humour and a filmmaking style that wants so much to happen onscreen, although it doesn't care about having good writing. Cinematography must be one of the best aspects of this movie that does so many clever things which help us get involved in the action more and forget about the flaws. I've only seen a few French films from the 60s and from what I read this isn't part of the French New Wave. So, are all the French filmmakers of the 60s perverted and misogynistic with a twisted sense of humour? Jean-Paul Belmondo runs a lot in this movie, enough to cover all the running Tom Cruise does in all the Mission Impossible films. That got to be one of the saving graces of this movie though. Even though I say a lot of negatives, I can't deny a lot of the technical feats this movie pulled. And that ending, deconstructing treasure hunt movies that many years ago, makes it a pretty good movie despite all of its sometimes frustrating flaws.

Essentially an everyman-who-is-as-good-as-James-Bond caper as Belmondo shows a remarkable versatility at doing all of his stunts and superb playboy chemistry with Dorleac who shows great playfulness and humor despite the damsel in distress nature of the role

I love this movie with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Françoise Dorleac (the sister of Catherine Deneuve). Humor and action.

Like Jame Bond meets Mister Bean in a good way. Shallow and very silly but also very fun.

Relatively funny movie with some great moments, but still not quite making it. I especially liked the very last minutes (trying to tell this without spoiling anything) when the couple are running from explosions, the cause of them and that family by the roadside. I think that was by far the best part of the movie and had stood time really well. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the later American movie Romancing the Stone (1984) had got its inspiration from this movie. They had so many similarities between.

A bit far fetched, but a fun action comedy. A bit too long.

Very entertaining film!

Classique de la comédie française, adoré par Steven Spielberg, L'Homme de Rio de Philippe de Broca est un film qui n'a effectivement pas trop mal vieilli malgré ses 51 ans. Jean-Paul Belmondo est absolument parfait en soldat en permission qui se trouve embringué dans une affaire improbable de statuette volée. Entouré par de très bons seconds rôles, il est aussi bien aidé par la mise en scène extrêmement efficace de Philippe de Broca, qui parvient à survivre à un petit trou noir dans la deuxième partie du film. Le score de Maurice Delerue est remarquable. L'Homme de Rio est un classique du cinéma français qui n'a absolument pas usurpé sa réputation.

An enjoyable adventure film that's a mite bit dated, but it's influence can be felt in Indian Jones and Lupin III.

Lighthearted and whimsical farce from an era of innocence, features beautiful Francoise Dorleac (sister of Catherine Deneve) and Jean-Paul Belmondo in his best comic role. The world is a beautiful and happy place in this spoof of machismo and daring-do.