Product Details

• Actors: Stuart Richman, Janet Richman Stuart Richman
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Digital Sound, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 2001
• Run Time: 26 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005QT1V
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #61,686 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Editorial Reviews

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Action packed travel documentary with incredible wildlife footage and fun special effects!!!!

Product Description

This action packed documentary includes incredible wildlife footage, special effects, great music, and some comical twists. Our animated friend Señor Rico will take you on an adventurous tour through San Jose City, Volcano Arenal, Tortuguero, and the Caribbean Coast. Beautiful wildlife is discovered on the jungle cruise through the Costa Rican lowlands.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars FOR KIDS ONLY!!, February 9, 2004

By A Customer

If you're preparing to take your chidren to Costa Rica, and they are under the age of 10, they will likely enjoy this videography. (Notice that most of the people that rave about this video are describing their kids' reactions).

If you're an adult preparing to travel to Costa Rica, A MUCH better overview of the country's geology, politics, economy, immigration, agriculture, ecological convservation, and social history is the the coffee-table book, "Costa Rica : The Last Country the Gods Made."

It's got lotsa scenery, too, in the form of beautiful color pictures! (Of course, there's no little animated man jumping about...).

Skip the cheese factor of Señor Rico. A much better buy for the money, and more solid content are the essays in Adrian Colesberry's and Brass McLean's book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid at all cost!, May 10, 2003

By	"dougw311" (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews

My wife and I just finished planning our upcoming Costa Rican vacation and hastily ordered this video from Amazon based on the recommendations of the other reviewers. Now that I have watched it, I can honestly say it is one of the worst travel videos I have ever seen. This video has honestly made me *less* excited about my upcoming trip.

First off, Senor Rico uses an obnoxiously fake accent throughout the video to make such poignant observations as "that bird has a big neck". As if his elementary information wasn't bad enough, the "producer" of this...felt obligated to run through every distracting transition effect known to mankind--at a rate of about 1 every 10 seconds! The footage between the transitions was poorly lit, rarely centered or steady, and was generally boring.

Production values aside, there is little to no information about CR in this video that can't be gained from a cursory glance at any of the hundreds of travel websites out there. This video is a disservice to the Costa Rican travel industry and should be avoided at all costs.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun, October 16, 2002

By	Robert Esguerra (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I wanted to see this video as I had heard so much about Costa Rica and didn't know much about the country. The Senor Rico accent was fluctuating, with the American accent trying to get through. After a couple of minutes I started to like the accent, it was so bad it was good, somewhat like an Ed Wood voiceover. A real hoot!

The highlight of this production for me was the effort taken to film the flora and fauna, a particular interest of mine. For this feature alone I would gladly have seen a longer video. All throughout, the characters were evidently having so much fun and their enthusiasm for their experience was very infectious. I can't wait to get there and the video certainly helped make up my mind to go. I intend to watch it again a couple of times before I go, to trace the route taken by the travellers on my map. I found this feature also useful for planning my trip.