My 410th Review: Great theme, but maybe not for the smallest kids?

Rating: 5/10 (6 May 2011)

Rio is brash, colorful, bold, and bouncy full of energy and drive and great characterization. It is a terrific theme: animal trafficking and embraces a very strong Eco message that is just wonderful.
However, and it is a really big however, our kids did not enjoy it, for them the character of the baddie bird Nigel, is, without spoilers, just too much; they were just frightened and even though they like a little, this was too scary for them. At six, you'd think it'd be OK, but they just found it too much and it really ruined it for them.
I guess this will work best with the tweenies - it's a shame the music and the humor are all good - and the fact that this is a real green movie is terrific; but I'll not be buying the DVD of this one.