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Apr 13, 2011
100
Bursting with color and rippling with samba rhythms, Rio makes you wonder why animated films haven't spent more time in Brazil.
Apr 11, 2011
90
Rio is the biggest and brightest animated triumph since "Toy Story 3."
Apr 14, 2011
80
A sequence set during Carnival is equally engaging, with giant floats and throngs of people watching the parade. Several scenes are shown from the birds' points of view, which make for a dizzying, dazzling experience.
Apr 14, 2011
80
If you don't go in panting for a Pixar-level masterpiece, you should have a blast at this cartoon carnaval.
Apr 14, 2011
80
This animated feature effort is a significant step forward from the studio's "Ice Age" films, in the richness of its cast, the exuberance of its music and the vibrance of its palette.
Apr 14, 2011
75
Give Saldanha's film an A-plus for visuals and a B-minus for story.
Apr 14, 2011
75
Makes the surprising and seemingly inarguable assertion that, if we're not all Brazilian, then, at the very least, Brazil is a state of mind.
Apr 14, 2011
75
This is a movie that imbues even the hoariest quest-peril-life lesson tropes of family animated films and imbues them with new life and rhythm.
Apr 14, 2011
75
The humor's a little strange, and the action's a little frenetic, but all of it whooshes past in a swirl of tropical color and pseudo-South American bonhomie. Gorgeous scenery meets oddball characters and mild ethnic stereotyping.
