DVD Review: “Rio”

Rio (Blu-ray/ DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Released: August 2, 2011

Studio: Twentieth Century Fox

Running Time: 96 minutes

ABOUT:

Captured as a young bird from the wild, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network) is a domesticated Spix Macaw living thousands of miles away from his homeland, Brazil. When his human owner Linda (Leslie Mann, 17 Again) discovers that he is the last male of his kind, they head south to Rio de Janeiro to meet the only other female. But it’s far from love at first sight between the socially-awkward, flight-challenged Blu and the fiercely independent, high-flying female, Jewel (Anne Hathaway, The Princess Diaries). Shortly after Blu’s arrival, the two rare birds are captured by greedy animal smugglers and find themselves lost in the Brazilian rainforest. Unexpectedly thrown together, they embark on a hilarious and clumsy adventure where they learn about friendship, love, courage and spreading one’s wings to fly.

The all-new comedy-adventure RIO comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. RIO brings together vivid characters and colorful backdrops amidst energizing Latin and contemporary tunes, creating the ultimate family-friendly music and dance experience for audiences of all ages. In addition to more than one hour of special bonus features and materials, consumers will have access to all-new exclusive levels of the smash video game hit Angry Birds Rio that showcase your favorite characters from the film!

MY THOUGHTS:

I loved the movie Ice Age and when I heard this was from the same studio I figured I’d give it a chance, even though I don’t really like birds.  I didn’t think the movie could be so active and fun to watch with a bunch of boring birds as the main characters.  I was wrong, the birds are great and there are even a few other animal characters!  The animation and colors in the movie are so vibrant and rich that it was hard to not watch it!

The movie is about two birds who are amongst the last of their species and are expected to mate.  The birds then get kidnapped and struggle to escape.  Blu was raised as a housebird and therefore never actually learned to fly!  The story is set in Brazil which is a unique and fun environment to set the story in.  There are also some great voices behind the characters, especially Blu’s voice (Jesse Eisenberg from The Social Network.)

My husband and I watched this with our 3 and 4 year old but honestly I would watch it again without them.  It is a cute story and the animation is really incredible.  Great for the whole family regardless!

BUY IT: You can buy “Rio” wherever DVDs are sold.

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