Nice film!

Rating: 7/10 (19 April 2011)

I was expecting this film (it being a universal rating) to be full of kids jokes and not be that entertaining, but I was wrong. It fortunately isn't chock full of fart jokes and people falling down (a common cliché in kids films) and it was actually pretty funny!
Our story's main characters are Blue, a slightly neurotic but kind parrot companion of Linda whom she found in a box on the street; Jewel, a pushy but kind hearted parrot; Linda, Blu's friendly human companion; and Tulio, a quirky and a bit odd, but still nice, person that Linda meets at the beginning of our story. Our enemies: An evil parrot that works with a trio of bad guys who want to sell both Blu and Jewel for a lot of money, called Nigel, a horrible bird that was once a famous bird. Our two, blue parrots are rare birds, and their species are going extinct, so Tulio asks Linda, to come with him to Rio de Janeiro to breed Blu with another bird named Jewel. Unfortunately the evil trio want to sell both the birds for a lot of money, and must get the birds to the airport in time to sell them. What will happen on this adventurous tale? Go and see it to find out ;)
The CGI was excellent. The views we get of Rio de Janeiro are very nicely done, and the city looked profoundly realistic, including the textures and characters. The animation was brilliant as well. It was also very colourful, but not exaggerated in colour. Just enough to look picturesque and cheerful.
The humour, of course, involved some clichéd jokes such as falling down, hitting a wall etc., but these were fortunately used sparingly, and the film didn't use them as it's only humour, thank goodness. -SPOILER- One part was particularly funny where Blu and Jewel (or was it a ball? I can't remember) bounced off of a woman on the beaches' behind.
-SPOILER continued- The only thing, to me, that I found negative would be the parts where the birds would rap and sing. Fortunately, again, this is only done twice, maybe once more than that. Of course this would be expected in a kids movie, but what are you going to do. -Spoiler finished-
To conclude, this was a nice movie. The characters were nice, the world was colourful and inviting, and the plot wasn't bad, but has been used before. Apart from that one negative point, the movie is very good, and I would recommend watching it. Kids are sure to love "Rio"!