
In Rio de Janeiro, baby macaw, Blu, is captured by dealers and smuggled to the USA. While driving through Moose Lake, Minnesota, the truck that is transporting Blu accidentally drops Blu's box on the road. A girl, Linda, finds the bird and raises him with love. Fifteen years later, Blu is a domesticated and intelligent bird that does not fly and lives a comfortable life with bookshop owner Linda. Out of the blue, clumsy Brazilian ornithologist, Tulio, visits Linda and explain... (Full plot summary below)
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In Rio de Janeiro, baby macaw, Blu, is captured by dealers and smuggled to the USA. While driving through Moose Lake, Minnesota, the truck that is transporting Blu accidentally drops Blu's box on the road. A girl, Linda, finds the bird and raises him with love. Fifteen years later, Blu is a domesticated and intelligent bird that does not fly and lives a comfortable life with bookshop owner Linda. Out of the blue, clumsy Brazilian ornithologist, Tulio, visits Linda and explains that Blu is the last male of his species, and he has a female called Jewel in Rio de Janeiro. He invites Linda to bring Blu to Rio so that he and Jewel can save their species. Linda travels with Blu and Tulio to Rio de Janeiro and they leave Blu and Jewel in a large cage in the institute where Tulio works. While they are having dinner, smugglers break into the institute and steal Blu and Jewel to sell them. Linda and Tulio look everywhere for Blu, who is chained to Jewel and hidden in a slum. Meanwhile, Jewel and Blu escape from their captors and befriend a group of birds that help them to get rid of the chains. It is Carnival and the smugglers and mean cockatoo, Nigel, do not intend to give up Blu and Jewel, and chase the birds through the crowded streets.
Leave your thoughts about Rio.
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanA straight ahead family film ... with a clear desire to please - especially 8 -12 year olds. It may outstay its welcome for their parents, though |
| Jam! MoviesJim SlotekBrazilian-born director Carlos Saldanha's palette is so over-the-top, they should be handing out sunglasses at the door instead of 3D ones. |
| The SpectatorDeborah RossI've never heard an adult say, "I must go see that film. It has Jesse Eisenberg's voice in it." They could have spent the money on something else, like a better story. |
| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary Thompson"Rio's" insistent tempo and zesty 3-D color starts to feel like cover for a routine story and mostly forgettable characters. |
| MSN.comSean AxmakerThere's lots of color, some gorgeous animation, a running beat of lively (if not always memorable) music and the energy of lovely tropical birds in flight. The rest is formula... |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelSue PiermanEven with the 3-D effects and rap music, "Rio" has a retro feel, thanks to its bright, colorful characters and brave heroine. |
| Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreComical, colorful, wonderfully cast and beautifully animated. |
| IGN MoviesJim VejvodaRio distinguishes itself more as a gorgeous travelogue for Rio de Janiero than anything else. |
| MovielineStephanie ZacharekIf nothing else, Rio is unabashedly jubilant. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongRio 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. |