Because what's Rio, the movie, without (pulsating, colorful, exuberant, romantic) Rio, the city? Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media. The movie's location, Rio de Janeiro, is as much of a character as Linda and Blu.
Rio will not set your heart afire, although its low-level consciousness raising about illegally smuggled animals is nice. Rio is a computer-animated story about the last two blue macaws on Earth. The movie takes us into the story of Blu, a male who is taken to Rio to mate with a female.
Rio - Movie Review of the Animated Movie Movie DVD cover for Rio the movie RIO the animated children's movie, starring Jesse. One doesn't go to Rio's famously flamboyant carnival searching for the meaning of life and neither will you find it in this. Trailer of the movie Rio makes it appear like another stereotyped animation flick. Kids would pour into theaters to see the colorful animated creatures filli. The film combines the Brazilian clichés we've come to expect The movies however, still depict the country as a fruit-hat wearing paradise where everyone wears thongs.
Trailer Rio
Rio sucks you in from the opening moments. You don't have to have been to Rio to appreciate the impeccable work of the animation. Other than, say, an ostrich, a penguin, a chicken or a "sitting duck," what do When Tulio, a Brazilian ornithologist, takes Blu back to Rio de Janeiro to mate with the last blue macaw.
Now unchained from the grind of daily journalism, she is ready to view the world of movies with fresh eyes. Directed by Carlos Saldanha; written by Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia and Sam Harper, based on a story by Mr. Would you like to review this movie? Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for Rio.