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Name: Rio
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Genre: animation, adventure, comedy, family
Released: 2011
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 6.9

Rio has an iRankMovies score of 68.4/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Rio (2011)

1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.

Release:2011

Runtime:1h 36m

Country:United States

Director:Carlos Saldanha

Language:English

Genre

AnimationAdventureComedy

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Keywords

Rio De JaneiroPetvillainCarnivalParrotmusicalCanaryJungle

iRank68

Rio rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.9/10· 271K votes

Rotten Tomatoes72%

Metacritic63%

TMDb6.768/10· 7K votes

With 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.9/10 on IMDb and 63/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Rio

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.

Cast of Rio

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
as Tulio (voice)
Jemaine Clement
as Nigel (voice)
Jake T. Austin
as Fernando (voice)
Tracy Morgan
as Luiz (voice)

Rio facts

Budget: $90M
Box office: $483.9M
Collection: Rio Collection

Our take on Rio

Carlos Saldanha's 2011 animated adventure follows Blu, a domesticated macaw raised in Minnesota who never learned to fly, believed to be the last male of his species. When word arrives of a lone female in Rio de Janeiro, he and his human companion travel south, only for smugglers to upend the plan and launch a colorful chase toward freedom. Built for families, it blends comedy, gentle romance and a splash of adventure against a carnival-bright Brazilian backdrop full of music and movement. Younger viewers will enjoy the birds' odd-couple banter and vivid animation, while the tropical setting and lively energy make it easy, cheerful company for all ages.

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