Cute and forgettable

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2013)

While not as good as Ice Age, done by the same people, Rio has enough fun moments to make for a cute though inconsequential little cartoon. It makes Brazil look like a lot of fun (even the rickety shacks of the poor people look like fun).
This is, however, very much a by-the-books cartoon using a fish-out-of- water theme and various elements of peril, romance and wacky characters. There is little you haven't seen before.
The highlights are performances by Jermaine Clement as the bad guy, who even sings a very entertaining "Flight of the Conchords"-style song, and Tracy Morgan, quite amusing as a crazy dog.
Not great, but good.