
Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to ... (Full plot summary below)
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Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiance Júlio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Júlio gets some intriguing ideas...
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| The New YorkerPauline KaelAlthough the lead trio does well enough, the presence of cinema's greatest musical comedy team fairly blasts the screen lovers into orbit whenever either or both of them are onscreen. |
| CinePassionFernando F. CroceA quintessential piece of Thirties musical kookiness right out of Man Ray |
| Entertainment WeeklyGregory KirschlingIn their first big-screen pairing, fourth-billed Ginger and fifth-billed Fred play second banana to a bandleader and his Latina love in Flying Down to Rio, a nutty entry that springs alive for ”The Carioca,” possibly the duo’s sexiest dance. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenEven for a 1933 movie musical, Flying Down to Rio is a vaudeville show shamelessly trying to pass for a feature film. Thank goodness, then, that it can get by on sheer showmanship. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt is a hearty and lively show, the story of which is just about equal to that of other musical offerings. |
| Chicago ReaderDon DrukerThe first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Pretty jerky, and not enough of Fred and Ginger; still, it has the “Carioca.” |
| EmpireDavid ParkinsonThe first Fred and Ginger feature is a little clunky and short on plot and character but a beautiful and atmospheric treat for all that. |
| User Reviewbernard aAlthough exceptionally hokey and fromulaic, scads of partially clothed gyrating women in the sky is not only salacious and novel, but pleasently enjoyable too. |
| User ReviewJay KS uzasem zjistuji kolik uzasnych snimku se za let valecnych natocilo. :) |
| User ReviewNeil PAn enjoyable movie with some good music. It is so sad that Fred and Ginger only had the one dance together, but then again it started their partnership, which lasted for nine more films! The Carioca was fun to watch, especially when Fred and Ginger were dancing! Always a joy to watch! |