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- 2011
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
- 2011
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
Summary Set in the magnificent city of Rio de Janeiro and the lush rainforest of Brazil, the comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers there's another — and that she's a she — he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio. But it's far from love at first ...
Directed By: Carlos Saldanha
- 2011
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
- 2011
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 36 m
Rio
63
7.7
Where to Watch
Summary Set in the magnificent city of Rio de Janeiro and the lush rainforest of Brazil, the comedy-adventure centers on Blu, a rare macaw who thinks he is the last of his kind. When Blu discovers there's another — and that she's a she — he leaves the comforts of his cage in small town Minnesota and heads to Rio. But it's far from love at first ...
Directed By: Carlos Saldanha
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
63
69% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
31% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 Critic Reviews
63
69% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
31% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Bursting with color and rippling with samba rhythms, Rio makes you wonder why animated films haven't spent more time in Brazil.
A sequence set during Carnival is equally engaging, with giant floats and throngs of people watching the parade. Several scenes are shown from the birds' points of view, which make for a dizzying, dazzling experience.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 438 User Ratings
7.7
77% Positive
336 Ratings
336 Ratings
17% Mixed
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
6% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 438 User Ratings
7.7
77% Positive
336 Ratings
336 Ratings
17% Mixed
75 Ratings
75 Ratings
6% Negative
27 Ratings
27 Ratings
This movie is just fantastic, the way it uses parts of culture and music to create a fantastic soundtrack is amazing and such a movie makes one create a giant admiration for both the music and the birds and fauna of Brazil. It's one of my favorite movies I would definitely love to see one more to close the trilogy.
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Give Saldanha's film an A-plus for visuals and a B-minus for story.
The only thing surprising about this lackluster animated production is that it attracted an A-list voice cast.
Rio could use fresher ingredients and more spice.
Compared to Pixar's "Up," a much more organic and heartfelt story about making friends in far-flung places, Rio simply feels rote.
Rio is spectacular.
The characters, music, story, emotions, and atmosphere all add up for a movie with fun experiences and creativity. Its sequel is great too, so now I want a Rio 3.
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Rio is a brightly animated adventure through the lives of countless animals (mostly, gorgeous birds) throughout Brazil. You'll fall for the blue macaws and will be humming the tunes all night.
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Enough with the rapping cute animals. Enough with the talking animal cartoons in general. They can be great, but it's too much. They're starting to turn into movies with these ghetto creatures, such as birds, who will always have a certain scene where they rap. Cheap laughs. Cheap. This movie was unoriginal, and I found myself almost, never laughing. Though I won't give it a 0, because I felt that it could have been so much more. It could have been original. It could have been so much better, but I think they tried to play it safe by getting these celebrities to do the voices of these birds to make this film enjoyable. I need a good story. This was bad.
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Annoying, so obnoxious, nice dance sequences and it means well, but the writing **** so bad, and it just feels exhausting. It also gets irritating because of the constant autotune crap. The characters are bland, the visuals are nice, but its just too whacky.
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox Animation,
Blue Sky Studios
Release Date Apr 15, 2011
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating PG
Tagline The bird who never learned to fly will discover a place he can soar.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Annie Awards
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
