Road to Rio

Road to Rio

Take a New Year Cruise to Rio with the Screen's Top Laughter Trio!

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

Produced by Hope Enterprises, Paramount Pictures

1947100 min6.8 / 10

A lighthearted buddy-comedy adventure built on slapstick mishaps, musical numbers, and the camaraderie of two lovable rogues helping a woman escape a hypnotic scheme.

Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.

Questions people ask

  • Is Road to Rio easy watching? Yes, very. More comforting than 95% of films.

  • Does Road to Rio end with hope? Yes, very. More hopeful than 90% of films.

  • Is Road to Rio sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Road to Rio scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Road to Rio violent? Not especially. Less violent than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

44/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Rarity8

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Surprise85

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love60

How much audiences actually like it

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