Saturday, 16 April 2011

FILM: Rio 3D (dir: Carlos Saldanha, 2011)


"I did not get that at all."


Rio has a very promising start, with an interesting set-up juxtaposing the vibrant colours of the South American jungle with snowy Minnesota, and the film's final twenty minutes are a real triumph of CG design and 3D rendering. The intervening story, however, is rather uninspired, a generic love story/chase with a couple of gratingly inappropriate musical numbers thrown in. A great voice cast tries hard - even Tracy Morgan livens things up later on as Luis the slobbery bulldog - but otherwise there is surprisingly little to really engage for most of the film's running time.


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