Considering how well-animated Rio is, it's astonishing the concept is so awful. It's almost entirely reliant on visuals since the plot merely has an awkward parrot lost in Rio. His misadventures are a lame excuse for one action sequence followed by another. Bad musical numbers and awful voice actors are plentiful. (Who on earth cast Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway as the leads?) Jemaine Clement tries to liven things up as the villain, but there's no discernible motivation for a villain in this film so he's just misplaced. At least there's a nice sequence featuring air gliders. The Oscar-nominated "Real in Rio" opening number is also pleasant, if forgettable.
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