Rio, I Love You is a series of short films set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, featuring encounters of love in different neighborhoods of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location.
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.
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.
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.
