A good entertaining movie.

Rating: 7/10 (27 March 2014)

RIO
This is a film that I saw the trailer of when it first came out and thought it looked average. Now after watching it I can say in my opinion it is better than I thought it would be.
The movie is about a blue Macaw named Blu. He is a domesticated bird that lives with his owner in a book shop. When a man walks into her shop and asks to take the bird to Rio so he can mate with a female Macaw, they reluctantly agree. Whilst in Rio, the 2 birds get stolen and now it is a hunt for the 2 missing birds and an adventure for them as they find their way back to their owner.
The story was really good and the animation was very good too. I liked the characters. I thought they were very funny and the relationship they all had together was really well done.
The action was good and was steady throughout the movie. There was not really a lot of time in the film where not a lot happened. It was entertaining throughout.
The voice work was really good. They were so funny in places. Jesse Eisenberg was the voice of Blu. Very well done and very funny. Anne Hathaway was Lewel, the female Macaw. She was also very good, but nothing special. I didn't even realise it was her until the end. They could have got anyone do this voice. Other voice artists were Wanda Sykes, Jane Lynch, Jamie Foxx & Will.I.Am. Again though, I had no idea that these guys did the voices.
I thought this was very good and had its own feel to it. You could tell this was not a Disney film, but that does not take anything away from it. It is a great film.
I will give this film 7 out of 10.
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