DVD Review - RIO

About the DVD
As summer heats up, spread your wings and celebrate with the funniest birds in town! The all-new comedy-adventure RIO comes to Blu-ray and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. RIO brings together vivid characters and colorful backdrops amidst energizing Latin and contemporary tunes, creating the ultimate family-friendly music and dance experience for audiences of all ages. In addition to more than one hour of special bonus features and materials, consumers will have access to all-new exclusive levels of the smash video game hit Angry Birds Rio® that showcase your favorite characters from the film!

Captured as a young bird from the wild, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network) is a domesticated Spix Macaw living thousands of miles away from his homeland, Brazil. When his human owner Linda (Leslie Mann, 17 Again) discovers that he is the last male of his kind, they head south to Rio de Janeiro to meet the only other female. But it's far from love at first sight between the socially-awkward, flight-challenged Blu and the fiercely independent, high-flying female, Jewel (Anne Hathaway, The Princess Diaries). Shortly after Blu's arrival, the two rare birds are captured by greedy animal smugglers and find themselves lost in the Brazilian rainforest. Unexpectedly thrown together, they embark on a hilarious and clumsy adventure where they learn about friendship, love, courage and spreading one's wings to fly.

The creators of ICE AGE bring audiences a whole new tropical adventure in RIO featuring the most colorful cast of characters south of the Equator, including George Lopez (Beverly Hills Chihuahua), Tracy Morgan ("30 Rock"), Jemaine Clement (Despicable Me), Rodrigo Santoro (Che), will.i.am (Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa), Jamie Foxx (Dreamgirls), Jane Lynch "Glee"), & Wanda Sykes (Over The Hedge).

RIO will be available in a 3-Disc Party Edition, featuring the Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Copy, as well as in a 2-Disc DVD Party Edition. It is available in the U.S. and Canada.

RIO Blu-ray (Catalog #2275626)
• Special Features
• Explore the World of Rio

  o Beach

  o Jungle

  o City

  o Stadium
• Blu Shows the Way (introduction)
• Boom-Boom Tish Tish: The Sounds of Rio
• The Making of Hot Wings
• Saving the Species: One Voice at a Time
• The Real Rio
• Welcome to Rio Music Video
• Deleted Scene - Fruit Stand
• Postcards from Rio
• Carnival Dance O Rama

  o Intro

  o Blu

  o Jewel

  o Luiz

  o Monkeys

  o Nico and Pedro

  o Rafael

  o Samba Line
• Rio de JAM-eiro Jukebox
• Taio Cruz - "Telling the World" Music Video
• Angry Birds Rio - Trailer
• Angry Birds Rio - Nigel Mash Up
• Angry Birds Rio - Instructional Video
• Live Lookup Powered By IMDB

Street Date: August 2, 2011
Pre-book Date: TBD
Screen Format: 2.40:1
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1
Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, Spanish
U.S. Rating: G
Total Run Time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes

RIO DVD (Catalog #2275619)
• Special Features
• Explore the World of Rio

  o Beach

  o Jungle

  o City

  o Stadium
• Blu Shows the Way (introduction)
• Boom-Boom Tish Tish: The Sounds of Rio
• The Making of Hot Wings
• Saving the Species: One Voice at a Time
• The Real Rio
• Welcome to Rio Music Video
• Deleted Scene - Fruit Stand
• Carnival Dance O Rama

  o Intro

  o Blu

  o Jewel

  o Luiz

  o Monkeys

  o Nico and Pedro

  o Rafael

  o Samba Line
• Rio de JAM-eiro Jukebox
• Taio Cruz - "Telling the World" Music Video
• Angry Birds Rio - Trailer
• Angry Birds Rio - Nigel Mash Up
• Angry Birds Rio - Instructional Video

Street Date: August 2, 2011
Pre-book Date: TBD
Screen Format: 2.40:1
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 2.0
Surround DD, French 2.0 Surround DD
Subtitles: English, Spanish
U.S. Rating: G
Total Run Time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes

My Take on the DVD
 My family and I missed seeing this in the movie theatre so we have been awaiting this movie with great anticipation. When I was asked to review this extended 2 disc version of the DVD, I can honestly say that I was very excited! In watching the movie I was amazed at how beautifully done all of the artwork was in this movie and there were many funny parts within the movie as well. The characters within the movie work so well together and there is much humor in the bantering between the characters themselves. It was interesting to see this though as I think that some of the humor in this and in other cartoons today are written in part for adults (which I enjoy though).

My kids loved the bonus features in this movie, they were dancing up a storm though much of the dance sequences and they loved exploring the world of RIO (they said that this part was cool).

All-in-all though I would highly recommend this movie to all. It was a great family film with a good message and you have fun throughout and even learn a bit about a new culture along the way!


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