Rio, I Love You

The participating directors were Brazilians Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age and Rio), José Padilha (Elite Squad), Andrucha Waddington (The House of Sand) and Fernando Meirelles (City of God), the Lebanese director Nadine Labaki (Caramel), the Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Babel), the Australian director Stephan Elliott (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), the Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty), the American actor and director John Turturro, and the South Korean director Im Sang-soo (A Good Lawyer's Wife, The Housemaid).

The opening and closing sequences, plus the transitions were directed by Brazilian Vicente Amorim, while musician Gilberto Gil composed the theme song.

Those responsible for producing the film, among them Rio Filme, disclosed that the cost of production was R$20 million.

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In 2016, U.S. Theatrical and DVD receipts were $60,000.{{cite web |title=Rio, Eu Te Amo (2016) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Rio-Eu-Te-Amo |website=The Numbers |access-date=19 January 2022 |quote=Theatrical Performance Domestic Box Office: $31,982; Details Home Market Performance Est. Domestic DVD Sales: $29,208;}}

Rio, I Love You received largely negative reviews from critics. On the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an 8% "rotten" rating based on 25 reviews, with an average rating of 3.55 out of 10.{{cite web|title=Rio, I Love You (Rio, Eu Te Amo)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/rio_i_love_you/|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|accessdate=27 February 2020}} Pat Padua of The Washington Post said "the film is wonderful to look at. It’s just that the writing is consistently terrible".{{cite news |last1=Padua |first1=Pat |title=‘Rio, I Love You’: 10 Brazil-set vignettes take a dull look at love |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/rio-i-love-you-10-brazil-set-vignettes-take-a-dull-look-at-love/2016/04/20/dcfa8832-033c-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=The Washington Post |date=21 April 2016}} Ben Kenigsberg of The New York Times heavily criticized the film's lack of cohesion and its adherence to tourist-friendly depictions of Rio de Janeiro. He also noted it has the corporate sponsorship of Fiat, Unilever and others.{{cite web|last=Kenigsberg|first=Ben|title=Review: 'Rio, I Love You,' Stories That Make Up a Mash Note to a City|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/movies/rio-i-love-you-review.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=27 February 2020|date=14 April 2016|quote=The cycle has acquired corporate sponsorship (Fiat and Unilever appear prominently in this film’s credits) and the support of Rio de Janeiro...But apart from Im Sang-soo’s contribution of street-dancing vampires — a sketch that, like several others, lacks a punch line — imagination takes a holiday.}} Miami New Times' Kenji Fujishima calls it a "barrel-scraping collective project." Eye For Films Andrew Robertson rated it two stars and calls it "baffling in construction and execution"{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Andrew |title=Rio, I Love You (2014) Movie Review |url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/rio-i-love-you-2014-film-review-by-andrew-robertson |website=Eye for Film |access-date=19 January 2022}} The Hollywood Reporter's unattributed review says "The only people sure to love this concoction are those working for Rio’s tourism bureau, which may well have picked the camera’s vantage points for many lush and lovely overhead shots of the city’s distinctive terrain."{{cite news |author1=T. H. R. Staff |title=‘Rio, I Love You’: Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/rio-i-love-you-film-883702/ |access-date=19 January 2022 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 April 2016}}

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