Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Jul 27, 2021 1/5

A failure on all counts.

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Cate Marquis We Are Movie Geeks May 7, 2019 2/5

[It] is the weakest of the series.

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Mae Abdulbaki Movies with Mae Aug 23, 2018 1.5/5

"Rio, I Love You" is made up of segments that don't flow well. Overly long and boring, the film never truly captures the vibe and personality of its title city.

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Zach Hollwedel Under the Radar May 13, 2016 4.5/10

Rio, I Love You proves that it is infinitely harder said than done, however, to produce a quality anthology film about the heart's desires.

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Blake Goble Consequence May 5, 2016 C

Rio, I Love You is totally the brainchild of a tourism board.

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Scott Marks San Diego Reader May 5, 2016 1/5

Countless shots of the Christ the Redeemer statue notwithstanding, for all we're told about the titular location, they might just as well spread the love in Jersey.

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Randy Cordova Arizona Republic May 5, 2016 1.5/5

The city of Rio is easy to love. The movie "Rio, I Love You," not so much.

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Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Apr 29, 2016 3/5

Ten filmmakers probe the many different shades of love in the Brazilian city.

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Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer Apr 29, 2016 1.5/4

If the beauty of Rio de Janeiro is jaw-dropping, so, too, is the slipshod manner in which the aforementioned talents go about their business there.

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Michael Rechtshaffen Los Angeles Times Apr 28, 2016

Even viewers who were transported by the considerable charm of 2006's "Paris, je t'aime" will be hard-pressed to show any love for the latest entry in the travelog/anthology.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Apr 28, 2016

Striking moments are overtaken by the fruit-juice mediocrity of everything else, particularly a connecting narrative about a cabdriver who insists on telling all his riders about the woman who got away.

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John Hartl Seattle Times Apr 28, 2016 1.5/4

Stuffed with touristy images but not enough dramatic substance to make any of them count.

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G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle Apr 28, 2016 1/4

Had producers cut it down to, say, the five most promising stories and fleshed them out a bit, the results might have been better. Instead, it feels just as you might be sucked into a story, it's over.

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Ray Pride Newcity Apr 27, 2016

A third metropolis gets the "city of love" coochy-coo... It's not much of a calling card for whichever city the producers hope to descend onto next.

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Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Apr 27, 2016 C-

"Rio, I Love You" doesn't inspire feelings of love and adventure, it mostly triggers the urge to check a timepiece every five minutes.

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Pat Padua Washington Post Apr 21, 2016 1.5/4

"Rio, I Love You" is the third film in the "Cities of Love" series, after "Paris, Je t'Aime" and "New York, I Love You." If this latest installment is any indication, all that jet-setting should be avoided.

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Jacob Oller The Film Stage Apr 21, 2016 D

The shorts all play like exceedingly surreal commercials, like Mentos ads on crack.

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Devan Coggan Entertainment Weekly Apr 15, 2016 C-

The shots of Rio's scenic vistas are captivating. The shorts' actual storylines are less so.

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Matt Prigge Metro Apr 15, 2016 2/5

A collection of lackluster (or worse) shorts, offering viewers the chance to see famous filmmakers whiff it good

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David Noh Film Journal International Apr 15, 2016

This tepid stew has all of the faults inherent in anthology film-a wayward, stultifying aimlessness, adding up to a big nothing-with none of the virtues.

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