Rio

"1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers."

2011 1h 36m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 7,364

AnimationAdventureComedyFamily

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Captured by smugglers when he was just a hatchling, a macaw named Blu never learned to fly and lives a happily domesticated life in Minnesota with his human friend, Linda. Blu is thought to be the last of his kind, but when word comes that Jewel, a lone female, lives in Rio de Janeiro, Blu and Linda go to meet her. Animal smugglers kidnap Blu and Jewel, but the pair soon escape and begin a perilous adventure back to freedom -- and Linda.

“1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.”

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Cast

Jesse Eisenberg
Blu (voice)
Anne Hathaway
Jewel (voice)
Leslie Mann
Linda (voice)
Jane Lynch
Alice / Goose (voice)
will.i.am
Pedro (voice)
George López
Rafael (voice)
Wanda Sykes
Chloe / Goose (voice)
Jamie Foxx
Nico (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Sam Harper, Earl Richey Jones, Don Rhymer
Languages: English, Portuguese
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Made its money back 5.4× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.

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5 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Rio Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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6 / 8

CAST

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298+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carlos Saldanha, shot by Renato Falcão. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Carlos Saldanha directs. Renato Falcão behind the camera. John Powell scores. Harry Hitner cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.

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1Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Made its money back 5.4× over at the box office.
3Released 15 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
5Part of the "Rio Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
6298+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Carlos Saldanha, shot by Renato Falcão. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by John Powell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Harry Hitner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway and Leslie Mann carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.".
12IMDB entry: tt1436562 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
13Classified under 16 themes, including "rio de janeiro", "pet", "villain", "carnival".
14Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Renato Falcão
Original score: John Powell
Editing: Harry Hitner
Sound: Juan Peralta
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $90,000,000
Box office: $483,866,772
Return: 538% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Rio (2011)

Part of

Rio Collection

The adventure of Blu, a domesticated Macaw who never learned to fly.

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CinemaSerf2025-07-28
★ 6/10
Before he’s even had the chance to learn to fly, the young macaw “Blu” takes a tumble from the safety of his nest straight into the hands of some bird-nappers. Next thing, after yet more tumbling, he is living a domesticated and flightless life with the kindly “Linda”, sipping mocha in Barnes & Noble and believing he is the very last of his breed. Then “Tulio” shows up from far-flung Rio de Janeiro announcing that he might have a potential girlfriend for the young “Blu”. “Jewel” and he might just be able to propagate their species, and so off they travel to meet up. Might feathered bliss ensue? Well unfortunately not, as they couple are pinched once again from their lab by more animal smugglers and secreted away, chained together, into a favela policed by the menacing “Nigel”. With carnival time approaching, “Linda” and “Tulio” have to try to find their stolen birds whilst the two macaws have to find a way to escape from the clutches of their captors. It gets off to a flying start with some entertainingly choreographed and colourful jungle-life delivering a lively routine, but thereafter it follows an all too predictable pattern of frying pan to fire scenarios, supported by some pretty unremarkable songs that do capitalise on the Hispanic vibe, but without leaving us with any ear worms. It is a great looking and vibrant film and I did quite like the nasty “Nigel” but there really isn’t anything new here and it’s a film that I know that I’ll never remember. One for the kids on the telly, I’d say.

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