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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 A travel video for travelers Feb 24, 2010
This is not a tourist video, it is a travel video, and Ian Wright is not a tour guide, he is a traveler, and a damn good one. What is a traveler you ask? Someone who is not afraid of trying new things and staying in places that most afluent or middle class Americans would likely avoid like the plague. Ian is not always the most well spoken nor educated about the places he visits, but in his defense, that is sort of the whole point of the series. Many people who saw this obviosly did not get it, but I am sure there are plenty of videos out there that will show you all the 5 star hotels, cruise ships, and tourist hot spots, if that is what you are interested in. One reviewer pointed out that not all of Brasil is poor. That is true. Only most of it is. If you like to travel, then Ian Wright is one of the best travel hosts I have seen. He will take you places most of us would never see, and it is very captivating.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Embarassing...awful host! Oct 12, 2009
I am a traveler and Brazilian...How embarassed I felt after seeing this video portraying my country and people so poorly. Ian missed so many historical, beautiful and meaninful spots. Believe me!! There are a lot more to Brazil than parties, macumba, and poor people.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Solid performance! Dec 15, 2008
Never an easy task to present an entire country in a short flick, but Ian Wright is solid as usual. You can see the locals enjoy his easy going personality, even though they don't understand what he is saying. There are very few consistently fun to watch travel hosts out there, IW is right up there near the top. After seeing this and other material covering Brazil, I want to go! The dvd will give you some idea about the country for sure. Other good sources: movies Manda Bala, and City of God. It is not all roses, but a colorful, unique and exciting country for sure!
9 of 11 found the following review helpful:
Sexy Brazilian women Feb 10, 2006
I really enjoy travel videos. This one was a good one. It is divided into two sections. The Rio section focuses on Rio De Janeiro, and the Northeast section focuses on smaller towns and rural areas north of Rio.
The host is fine. His method is to visit cheap places to stay, and downtrodden areas. That's fine with me. It shows where the real people live. I'd much rather see that than see five star hotels and tourist traps. You can get tourist traps anywhere. Though they make a great vacation spot, tourist traps aren't as interesting for a video. I'd rather see how the people live.
If I was going to Brazil, I wouldn't go where this video takes us. I'd go to something safer and catering more to Americans who want to have a nice time. But for a video, I'll take this one.
This video is very sexy. The Brazilian women are so scantily dressed and the cameraman had us pointed in the right direction.
One reviewer said that the host must be gay, and that the host was terrible. What a stupid child. First of all, I didn't see any reason to think the host was gay. Second, so what if he was. There's no excuse for bigotry. You are no better than a gay person. People are people. And no, I'm not gay. I am completely out of patience with bigots.
5 of 31 found the following review helpful:
This sucks! Nov 13, 2005
This video totally sucks. The host is one of the most obnoxious people I have ever had to tolerate. You learn a couple of things, but its not worth it having to sit thru his blaringly obnoxious personality.
As a side note, he must be gay or something, because not only does he go to the transvestite carnival, but he also goes to some sort of transvestite after party. Still, even if you are gay, this is not the film to learn about brazil. All movies by this globe trekker company suck big time.
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