Themes: Age Disparity Romance, Midlife Crises, Americans Abroad
Main Cast: Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Valerie Harper, Michelle Johnson, Jose Lewgoy
Release Year: 1984
Country: US
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
This attempt to remake the clever 1977 French farce Un Moment d'Egarement stars 50-film-a-year man Michael Caine as an executive named Matthew Hollis, who, together with friend Victor Lyons (Joseph Bologna), travels to Rio de Janeiro on business. Victor sets out on the town in search of a lambada partner, leaving Matthew to fend for himself against his friend's over-sexed teenage daughter (Michelle Johnson), who's come along for the ride. Soon, Matthew succumbs to her advances, despite his efforts to break off the affair, and finds himself a repeated statutory rapist, at least by American legal standards. The script plays out like an extended version of Three's Company, with lots of near-misses and dumb-dumb humor; critics aptly noticed Caine's apparent discomfort throughout the film. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide
Demi Moore - Nicole Hollis; Lupe Gigliotti - Signora Botega; Romulo Arantes - Diego; Eduardo Conde - Singer in the Dance Club; Zeni Pereira - Mother of the Bride; María Elena Velasco - 2nd Macumba Lady; Wallis Nicita; Nelson Dantas - Doctor; Michael Menaugh - Peter
Credit
Marcos Flaksman - Art Director, Robert Relyea - Associate Producer, Scott Easton - First Assistant Director, Stanley Donen - Director, George Hively - Editor, Richard Marden - Editor, Larry Gelbart - Executive Producer, Ken Wannberg - Composer (Music Score), Reynaldo Villalobos - Cinematographer, Stanley Donen - Producer, Jim Willis - Sound/Sound Designer, Larry Gelbart - Screenwriter, Charlie Peters - Screenwriter
