“Rio” is brightly colored fluff that can’t compare to anything from Pixar. Even “How to Train Your Dragon” was better. The musical numbers are pretty much forgettable and the story is predictable. And don’t get me started on the needless 3D version. Obviously filmmakers want increased box office receipts because it’s certainly not to give children an exciting movie going experience. They don’t even like wearing the glasses. The birds, however, are cute.
Blu (voiced by Jesse Eisenberg), a blue macaw, was stolen when he was a baby and raised by a loving Linda (Leslie Mann) in Minnesota. Blu is so content with his life that he never learned to fly. But it just happens that Blu is the only surviving male blue macaw and an ornithologist from Brazil wants to bring him home to mate with the independent-minded surviving female, Jewel (Anne Hathaway). Shortly after meeting, Blu and Jewel are snatched by black market animal smugglers and are due to be shipped out of town just as carnival is about to begin in Rio. Of course, they escape, but they’ve been chained together and since Blu doesn’t fly, they have to walk to find someone who can set them free. There are also dim-witted henchmen, pick-pocketing monkeys and an evil cockatoo. Kids will probably enjoy this movie, but if you don’t have a kid to accompany you to “Rio,” I say wait for cable. 4/16/11
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The idea that these were the last of the "blue macaws" and that the American one can't fly are interesting concepts. The problem with this story is that it has been told so many times before in so many different ways that it is very tired. As a matter of fact I slept through much of this toon and so will my grandchildren I fear......Skip it!!
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