When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.When Blu, a domesticated macaw from small-town Minnesota, meets the fiercely independent Jewel, he takes off on an adventure to Rio de Janeiro with the bird of his dreams.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 31 nominations total
- Blu
- (voice)
- Jewel
- (voice)
- Rafael
- (voice)
- Mother Bird
- (voice)
- Truck Driver
- (voice)
- Linda
- (voice)
- Bookstore Customer
- (voice)
- …
- Chloe (The Goose)
- (voice)
- Tulio
- (voice)
- …
- Dr. Barbosa
- (voice)
- Nico
- (voice)
- Aviary Intern
- (voice)
- …
- Sylvio
- (voice)
- (as Bernardo de Paula)
- …
- Second Waiter
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Carlos Saldanha, who lives in Rio, first came up with the concept in 1995. Originally, it was about a penguin washing up on the beach in the Brazilian city. When he learned about the production of Happy Feet (2006) and Surf's Up (2007), he changed his screenplay radically.
- GoofsLinda serves Blu a cup of hot chocolate at the beginning of the film. Chocolate is toxic to Macaws.
- Quotes
Blu: [as they're walking in the jungle] Oh! Oh! What was that?
Jewel: A stick.
Blu: Ah! And that?
Jewel: It's just a rock.
Blu: Oh, right. Yeah.
[Blu stops and shudders as he feels something on his back]
Blu: Is that a spider on my back?
Jewel: Will you quit it? It's just a leaf! Turn around!
[Blu turns and we see a huge spider on his back]
Jewel: Oh, um...
[Jewel quickly hits the spider off of Blu's back]
Jewel: Leaf. Told ya.
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, two blue feathers are formed by the abstract shapes.
- Alternate versionsAlso released in a 3D version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Taio Cruz: Telling the World (2011)
- SoundtracksReal In Rio
Music by Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown, Mikael Mutti and John Powell
Lyrics by Siedah Garrett
Performed by The Rio Singers
Produced by Sergio Mendes, John Powell, Carlinhos Brown and Mikael Mutti
If you are not biased and can handle a bit of romance and the overcoming odds story, then you will enjoy this. As Jesse Eisenberg is spot on as a "bird out of the air" so to speak. Even people who don't enjoy George Lopez as a comedian, might like him here. I thought his performance was spot on. Not a perfect movie overall, but the cast (as mentioned) and the mostly very well written jokes, work their magic!
Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Rio the Movie
- Filming locations
- Brazil(Part of the action of film)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $90,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $143,619,809
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $39,225,962
- Apr 17, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $483,866,772
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1