Rio

This movie lifts my soul. It’s a musical that just keeps you hopping, snapping your fingers and singing along.

Good quality, no scratches

Me, my son and my husband love sitting down and watching family night with our son watching this movie

My spouse and I bought this DVD for the grandkids to watch this weekend. So we previewed it last night to make sure it was okay for the 3 yr old. We watched this 95-minute movie and were thoroughly entertained! If you have a 3D TV, you MUST buy this movie...it will be the demo disk you want to show your guests.First, without going into detail about the plot, let me say that the feature moves along quickly throughout. The story develops and holds your attention. The opening Rio theme music is choreographed with a wide array of colorful birds and needs to be watched closely for clever details. The song itself is catchy and really good...better than what you find in the Lion King. There are only a handful of songs, and they are all very good and engaging.When Rafael, the toucan, takes Blu and Jewel to the top of a mountain for flying lessons, his 3D-beak magically emerges from the screen....just one of the several excellent 3D effects. The scene follows the two birds falling, then soaring, and finally landing on a crowded beach. Again, the 3D is incredible and the details are comical and beautiful at the same time. Another scene, which I think is a classic, involves the two riding atop a streetcar, trying to get to know each other. Rafael flies through the blossoming trees on the street, creating a shower of blossoms over the two love birds. This is done to the accompaniment of a serenade. Almost makes you want to go to Rio!Throughout this movie we laughed, and when we weren't laughing, sat there with wide grins soaking up the great vibes from this wonderful movie. Adults will enjoy the smart humor, and young kids will groove to the samba music and colorful birds. Definitely one of the best we've seen!Almost forgot, the movie is preceded by a short animation called 'Scrat's Continental Crack-Up'. You'll recognize Scrat from the Ice Age animations. This is short and VERY funny...a great prelude to a great movie.

This is a cute movie and it plays well in any of my DVD players. The movie is full of bright colors and cute dialog. It is suitable for families also (no cursing). Highly recommend!

Let me star by saying-- this is one of my favorite movies.But it could have been better. It feel just sort of the five star mark for me because of the below reasons that kill the immersion for me and perpetuate the problems of gross misinformation about parrots.We see movies do it all the time: people feed animals food that in real life would outright kill them or make them very very sick, or house them in places they should not live.Rio is, unfortunately, no better in that regard. It does a wonderful job in the actual story itself, and forgot animation, but in a world where parrots are already treated to such abuse and neglect or are mistreated by well-meaning but clueless people...I really wish this film had done better correcting some minor-yet major flaws.Parrots do not drink hot chocolate. It will make them sick if not kill them.Parrots do not eat chocolate chip cookies. The same as above.Parrots should not eat seed out of someone's mouth because the bacteria in the body fluids of mammals can be very deadly to parrots. At best, it can make them sick Also, it's not good hygiene for the people, either.A trained parrot sanctuary isn't going to just up and throw a brand new bird in with another bird even na large aviary space, and say "good luck" like we see here in Rio with Blu and Jewel. They are going to carefully introduce them at the birds' pace, with some form of barrier between them, to avoid fighting and subsequent injury and stress to either bird.They also wouldn't just abandon them for "privacy" in a first meeting, as you see in the movie when Jewel begins harassing and attacking Blu repeatedly! For that exact reason, they would be supervising!! It was funny for the story, but could have been written so much better and get the same effect with a little forethought.A ceiling fan would not be turned on in a clinic for birds let alone letting them ride on it! Preferably, they remove the blades or replace the fixture all-together. Ceiling fans are responsible for killing many parrots who flew into them and got nailed.A bird does not fly on ONLY instinct. It's not some magical superpower all flighted birds possess regardless of life experience. Blu's glorious first flight is touching for the story, but continues to misrepresent to the every day person how much goes into a bird taking flight.In short, physically, he wouldn't have been able to do it. Not remotely that far, anyhow.Blu should have had to spend time building muscle in his useless, un-excercised wings to even be able to sustain flight longer than a few seconds. Then Congress actually taking off, and landing on different surfaces.Taking off and flying up is instinct. Flying down must be trained. Turning in the air, is a skill that reason and learn. Bring able to control speed, etc.The cockatoo, Nigel, would be a very sick and dying parrot if his real diet was actually just meat. Parrots are not carnivores. They may nibble a bug or meat off of their humans plate now and then, but too much meat can and will make them very ill.For a movie specially designed to educate people about the plight of parrots while being a fun kids movie, as much as I live this film, I'm very annoyed and disappointed they chose to blatantly promote such clueless information about parrots. It's almost embarrassing for a film dedicated to them.This movie does a lot to highlight very real issues of parrot poaching and abuse

I thing Rio wasn’t famous very much, but Rio was better than other kids movie for me

Blu a domesticated blue Macaw, who was captured as a chick, cannot fly. And you, my fellow cinemaphobes, know that in the end, someway, somehow, Blu will be flying. After some excellent computer-animated features - ICE AGE, HORTON HEARS A WHO, etc - Blue Sky Studios hit a home run on this, their sixth feature. The visual technology here - especially in 3D - is every bit as good as the best from Pixar, DreamWorks and Disney Studios. Beyond the visuals, though, this is just a fun film for the entire family, with a humorous, heartwarming story...the actual rating is G, not PG; Blue Sky was able to get the original rating changed. There is also some top drawer voice acting in this film, by Jesse Eisenberg, as the nerdy, flightless, Blu; Ann Hathaway, as his love interest, Jewel; Leslie Mann as Linda, the owner of Blu; and Rodrigo Santoro as Tulio, who wants to get Blu and Jewel together because they are the last of their species. Also listen for Jamie Foxx as Nico, a canary who looks like Tweetie-Bird; and George Lopez, as Raphael, a Toucan who helps Blu and Jewel. There is plenty of adventure; plenty of romance between Blu and Jewel and Linda and Tulio; and plenty of song and dance numbers to a Brazilian beat...it ain't called RIO for nothing. And since this is a family movie - great for kids and adults of all ages - you know the ending will be a happy one. One of my favorite animated features and I think it will become one of yours too.