Rotten
Rio is a brightly-colored, dizzying pinwheel of 3D animation in which nothing much happens. Sounds like summer is here early.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rio
1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.
2011 · 1h 36m · G
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Directed by
Carlos Saldanha
Overview
Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.
Director and cast
- Carlos Saldanha Director
- Jesse Eisenberg as Blu (voice)
- Anne Hathaway as Jewel (voice)
- Leslie Mann as Linda (voice)
- Jane Lynch as Alice / Goose (voice)
- will.i.am as Pedro (voice)
- George López as Rafael (voice)
- Wanda Sykes as Chloe/Goose (voice)
- Jamie Foxx as Nico (voice)
- Rodrigo Santoro Cast
- Jemaine Clement Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
72%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Expect the expected.
Scott Tobias, NPR
Rotten
Rio will not set your heart afire, although its low-level consciousness raising about illegally smuggled animals is nice. Mostly, it's brightly colored fluff, but then, it's supposed to be.
Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh
A fairly typical children's movie, but at least it moves along with purpose!
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Fresh
The generic story elements can't spoil the real achievement of Rio, which is a series of vividly choreographed set-pieces.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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