Rio (2011)

When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with this bird of his dreams.

Director:

Carlos Saldanha

Writers:

Carlos Saldanha (story), Earl Richey Jones (story),

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 22 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karen Disher	...	Mother Bird (voice)
Jason Fricchione	...	Truck Driver (voice)
Sofia Scarpa Saldanha	...	Young Linda (voice)
Leslie Mann	...	Linda (voice)
Kelly Keaton	...	Bookstore Customer / Lady Tourist (voice)
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Blu (voice)
Wanda Sykes	...	Chloe (The Goose) (voice)
Jane Lynch	...	Alice (The Other Goose) (voice)
Rodrigo Santoro	...	Tulio / Soccer Announcer (voice)
Gracinha Leporace	...	Dr. Barbosa (voice)
Jamie Foxx	...	Nico (voice)
Will i Am	...	Pedro (voice) (as will.i.am)
Phil Miler	...	Aviary Intern / Waiter (voice)
Anne Hathaway	...	Jewel (voice)
Bernardo de Paula	...	Sylvio / Kipo (voice)

Storyline

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 ...

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Plot Keywords:

Bird | Macaw | Minnesota | Ornithologist | Chained | 

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Taglines:

He's going to the wildest, most magical place on earth ... home.

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild off color humor

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Portuguese

Release Date:

8 April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Рио

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$39,225,962 (USA) (15 April 2011)

Gross:

$143,618,384 (USA) (2 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Blue Sky Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Datasat

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film has been cited as a reason why Pixar cancelled a film they were making with a similar story: "Newt".

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Goofs

When Tulio visits Linda in Minnesota, there are two blue pens or pencils on the table. When Tulio throws Blu, the two pens or pencils have disappeared.

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Quotes

Jewel: [as they are pulling up a huge rock on a rope] Are you sure this is gonna work?
Blu: Positive. Check out my map.
[pointing to the map he's drawn on the ground]
Jewel: Yeah, that's... that's comforting, thank you. Look, let's just get this chain broken.
Blu: Right. Then we can go and find Linda.
Jewel: No, you can go find Linda. Once this chain is off, I'm gonna go back to being free in the jungle. Deal?
Blu: Fine. Deal.
[he puts one of his wings up accidentally, pulling the lever holding the rock off its hook]

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, two blue feathers are formed by the abstract shapes.

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Connections

Spoofed in Mad: RiOa/Thomas the Unstoppable Tank Engine (2011)
Rio-A is a spoof of this movie.

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Soundtracks

"Girl From Ipanema"
Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes (as Vinicius De Moraes), and Norman Gimbel

User Reviews

Watch out for Colours, Music& Samba.

Why to watch: Watch out for Colours, Music& Samba.It's all about Rio, Brazil. Its really awesome. Importantly, animated movie with so much of colours & music, (though it-colour part was there in UP) but in Rio it feels like you are there in the Natural Beauty.

-Negative points: 1. Predictable story or rather regular story. 2. Not so humorous.

Screen Play: Movie surely doesn't make you bore, story goes smoothly.

For whom: Family & romantic people !!!

3D Effects: Impressive.Actually, Same as Megamind & other animated movies, but so much of colours makes it more impressive

Ratings: 7.5/10

Personal opinion:Must watch :8/10