
Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, A.K.A. OSS 117, is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business. The year is 1967 - he's been sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, to find a former high-ranking Nazi who went into exile in South America after the war. His eventful investigation takes him all across Brazil, from Rio to Brasilia and the Iguazu Falls, accompanied by a charming Mossad agent who is also looking for the Nazi. The man is charming, and so is t... (Full plot summary below)
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Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath, A.K.A. OSS 117, is the French spy considered by his superiors to be the best in the business. The year is 1967 - he's been sent on a mission to Rio de Janeiro, to find a former high-ranking Nazi who went into exile in South America after the war. His eventful investigation takes him all across Brazil, from Rio to Brasilia and the Iguazu Falls, accompanied by a charming Mossad agent who is also looking for the Nazi. The man is charming, and so is the young woman. Set to the strains of bossa nova, their tale is by turns an adventure and a love story.
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| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford..hands down the funniest movie of the year to date |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenWhat's really lost in Rio is the participants' sense of humor. |
| Times (UK)Ben MachellNot only is it funny, it looks and feels fantastic, thanks to its duplication of the breezily kitsch cinematography and direction of Sixties spy flicks, right down to the Technicolor wash. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmThe chief glory is the way its director, Michel Hazanavicius, manages to copy the thrillers of the time while taking the mickey out of them - this is funny, mischievous and sly. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterAn amiable, Mel Brooks-style spoof that mercilessly satirises the gallic Bond's racism and breezy misogyny. Glamorous locations, expert production design and sly nods to the Swinging Sixties setting are all endearing. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin Clifford...a truly funny spy spoof that delivers its comedy goods and pokes fun at everything and anything, especially OSS-117. |
| I.E. WeeklyAmy NicholsonDirector Michel Hazanavicius loves his sublimely naive bigot, and so do we |
| House Next DoorSimon AbramsWhat makes Lost in Rio more entertaining than it should be is the few elements of misappropriated nostalgia that rise above the rest of the film's lunk-headed posturing thanks to good comic timing. |
| Boston PhoenixBetsy ShermanDujardin has flawless comic timing as the hero who may stumble but -- with the arch of an eyebrow and a flash of a grin -- always rises to the defense of the République. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerSpouting enough racist and anti-Semitic platitudes to incite unrest across the planet, this knockoff Bond's sheer delight is sorting out sinister political grossout swipes and brutal historical truths, from all the just plain silly fun. |