Shopaholic35
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this movie. It's simple, bright, colourful fun. It won't challenge you or surprise you but who cares. It's lively and spirited with beautiful hip shaking music. The Blue Macaw dance number is especially fantastic.I also love Blu and Jewel's three little children. They are cute yet sassy and a nice addition to the animated cast of characters. Tiago's my favourite. He's a little dork with his mini goggles.The overall story is nothing exceptional and filled with clichés but kids and adults alike can enjoy it. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's better than the first one but it's comparable.
The-Asado
And it was his BIRTHDAY, that's how bad this is. I'm serious, dudes. We left the cinema during the football-war scene, but the damage done to our party was irreversible. We literally vomited for 10 minutes after getting out and then we bought some crepes but vomited again - that's how terrible it was. SO MUCH SINGING, and talking and talking and singing, COME ON! Not entertaining at all, and then adults wonder why 8 year-olds go on watching R-rated movies - it's because those do not insult the viewer's intelligence and ability to follow at least a half-developed plot. Just because the target audience is young, the film does not need to assume that those watching will be brain-dead babies amused by just colors, clichéd songs and characters from the first movie.
Hellmant
'RIO 2': One and a Half Stars (Out of Five)Sequel to the 2011 hit animated kids movie 'RIO'; about two blue macaws who fall in love, in Rio de Janiero, despite their many differences. They now have three kids (in this film) and their family travels to the Amazon, in order to meet up with other rare blue macaws there. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha and written by Don Rhymer, Carlos Kotkin, Jenny Bicks, Yoni Brenner and Saldanha. Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Jemaine Clement, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am and Tracy Morgan all return as voice actors. They're joined this time around by Kristin Chenoweth, Miguel Ferrer, Andy Garcia and many others. Despite all of the talent involved, the movie sucks; just like the first one does.Blu (Eisenberg) and Jewel (Hathaway) are happily living in Rio together, with their three children, as the story begins. Linda Gunderson (Mann), Blu's old owner, is on an expedition in the Amazon, with her ornithologist husband, Tulio (Santoro), when they discover that other blue macaws are living there. Blu and Jewel hear about it, over the news, and decide to journey to the Amazon to help find the other birds (since they're family). Once there they must battle evil loggers and their old nemesis Nigel (Clement), the cockatoo from the first film.The film is beautifully animated and the voice actors do a good job playing their characters (but not much is required of them). I can see how the movie could be somewhat funny, and amusing, to kids but only really young ones. It's mostly full of just silly childish humor, with nothing of any value to offer anyone (other than the simplest forms of entertainment, for children). I didn't like the first movie either though; so if you enjoyed it you might like this sequel too.Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpJHaK5PsZc
