Worth checking out

This is a comedy with drama/romance starring Richard Dreyfuss as an unknown actor shooting a movie in the South American dictatorship Parador. Jack is forced to play the Dictator for a few days by his right-hand man (Raul Julia) while warming up to the ruler's woman (Sonia Braga).

I didn't expect much and it was better than I thought it would be. It's consistently amusing, but not laugh-out-loud funny. The director has a good eye for women and there are several, including Braga in her prime. A plus is that you get significant guest appearances by the likes of Jonathan Winters, Sammy Davis Jr., Ed Asner, Charo and more.

It was shot in Ouro Preto, Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.