Rio (2011)

All Critics (145) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (105) | Rotten (41) | DVD (10)

Rio is a brightly-colored, dizzying pinwheel of 3D animation in which nothing much happens. Sounds like summer is here early.

April 21, 2011 Full Review | Comments (6)

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

Expect the expected.

April 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (5)

Scott Tobias

NPR

Top Critic

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.

April 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (9)

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

A fairly typical children's movie, but at least it moves along with purpose!

April 15, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

Laremy Legel

Film.com

Top Critic

The generic story elements can't spoil the real achievement of Rio, which is a series of vividly choreographed set-pieces.

April 15, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

Eisenberg's tremulous, earnest delivery matches Blu's big worrywart eyes perfectly, and he and Hathaway, to their credit, give it their all.

April 15, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Joe Neumaier

New York Daily News

Top Critic

While it may entertain the kiddies for a while, for the older folks out there (and that means anyone 10+), Rio is just another animated yawner.

April 21, 2013 Full Review

Matt Joseph

We Got This Covered

Comical, colorful, wonderfully cast and beautifully animated, "Rio" is the first Blue Sky movie that could be compared to the best of Pixar.

January 16, 2013 Full Review

Roger Moore

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

This is simply a film that both kids and parents can enjoy together, which, according to the consensuses for other recent kids' films, hasn't happened for awhile, so my advice would be to take advantage of it

September 20, 2012 Full Review

Jeff Beck

Examiner.com

Basic, good-natured cinematic charm isn't something that should be easily dismissed.

April 7, 2012 Full Review

Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Bright and chippy as a roomful of parrots, and the best thing Saldanha has done since the first Ice Age.

December 29, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

James Plath

Movie Metropolis

You'd be the world's biggest grinch not to get a kick out of this feather fest.

December 18, 2011 Full Review

Ed Gibbs

The Sun Herald

There is nothing wrong with this film - the voice cast are all good, the animation is colorful and the script peppered with one-liners. But it all seems so formulaic.

December 13, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Laurence Boyce

The Baltic Times

Rio combines excellent visuals and a witty, modern script that will appeal to audience members both young and old.

September 1, 2011 Full Review

James Luxford

The National

What Rio lacks in invention it makes up in presentation, generating an infectious, amusing adventure. It also treats rural Minnesota with some degree of respect and benevolent satire, which counts for something in my book.

August 16, 2011 Full Review

Brian Orndorf

BrianOrndorf.com

There'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...

August 3, 2011 Full Review | Comment (1)

Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

This might be the first family film in which sex... serves as the narrative lynchpin.

June 26, 2011 Full Review | Comments (2)

Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

Even if the story lacks the depth or originality of some of the recent crop of superlative animated films, 'Rio' has an innocent charm to it -- and an explosion of color.

May 31, 2011 Full Review

Bruce Bennett

Spectrum (St. George, Utah)

The posters say From the creators of Ice Age, so don't say you haven't been warned.

May 27, 2011 Full Review | Comments (3)

Grae Drake

Movies.com

Since the little ones will be amused, the high-flying Rio won't ruffle any feathers.

May 6, 2011 Full Review

Roger Tennis

Cinemaclips.com

If the birds aren't precisely "of a feather," as they suggest, they are bright and loud and alike enough to establish that this Rio is not real in any way.

May 1, 2011 Full Review | Comments (4)

Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters

• 1. Jewel: [running with chain on Her and Blu's ankle] OH this is just GREAT I'm chained to the ONLY bird in the world who CAN'T fly
  2. Blu: [offended] Not true! There are many different types of species.
  3. Jewel: [noticing an obstacle] Duck!
  4. Blu: No, ducks can fly
  5. Jewel: NO! DUCK! [they duck down]
  – Submitted by Michael M (10 months ago)
• 1. Pedro: Hey! Get back here! Ain't nobody messin' with a friend of Pedro! That ain't happenin'! It's on!
  2. Nico: It's on? Did you see the talons on that guy?!
  3. Pedro: Talons? Maybe it's on... next time. Mommy!
  4. Nico: Help! Help!
  – Submitted by Ezekiel S (10 months ago)
• 1. Linda: Wow! You really are communicating!
  2. Tulio: Yes! I spoke to him by shaking my tail feathers, thus referring to his dominance.
  3. Blu: ....I did not get that at all...
  – Submitted by Alexander R (11 months ago)
• 1. Blu: Not cool man... Scary but not cool... Hey are you okay?
  2. Jewel: No... I am definitely not okay! [begins slamming sides of the cage]
  3. Blu: Whoa whoa whoa wait wait, what are you doing?
  4. Jewel: Getting out of here!
  5. Blu: Whoa.
  6. Jewel: Are you gonna help me or what?
  7. Blu: A-a-actually, all the survival guides say to sit and wait, Ow an-and help will come.
  8. Jewel: No one is coming, we're on our own and if we just sit here we are going to die...
  9. Armando: Yes, yes, yes [in unison with Tipa] Noooooo! [as Nigel turns off the TV]
  – Submitted by Bambii B (18 months ago)
• 1. Nigel: I'm not interested in your nicked knick-knacks! Your burgled baubles bore me.
  – Submitted by Diego T (18 months ago)
• 1. Sama School Director: [speaking in Portuguese]
  2. Linda: [can't understand, backs up] No, no, no! I am looking for a bluebird. Uh, [demonstrates by flapping her hands] Bird-o?
  3. Sama School Director: [repeats sound]
  4. Linda: Bird-o! Yes!
  5. Sama School Director: [leads Linda into a float, speaking in Portuguese]
  6. Linda: [inside float, door is shut] Hey! Let me out!
  – Submitted by Diego T (19 months ago)

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