It's a shame since Rio 2 starts off as a happy multi-species couples-fest. Blu has joined Jewel at a beautiful rare-bird reserve in Rio de Janeiro, and the couple has started a family consisting ...

The storyline features dramatic tension with tender emotions, said film producer John C. Donkin. "In the first Rio, the main character, Jewel, felt that humans had taken everything from her," he said.

Blu and Jewel ultimately fall in love, have a baby and the movie ends happily – with the hope that the literal lovebirds can save their species. In the real world, however, Blu would've been too ...

The movie isn’t in any particular hurry to get where it’s going, which is fine because Blu and Jewel are likable enough, even if they’re upstaged by the nutty romance between the stuffed ...

6 and older Rio 2 (G). The animated adventures of a South American blue macaw, aptly named Blu, and his mate, Jewel, continue in this richly colored and pleasurable sequel.

Along with the existing characters, Rio 2, a sequel to the 2011 animation film, will introduce new attractions as well. This time around, the funny troupe of macaws, comprising Blu (Jesse ...

Rio isn’t PIXAR-level cinema; it seems destined to be this year’s How To Train Your Dragon. In fact, the two movies even share the same composer, John Powell, who does a great job once again ...

Not only do Blu and Jewel not get it on, but they hate each other — and Jewel is too busy anyway planning her escape. Then they're captured by another set of smugglers, with help from a hideous ...

The toucan, too, is an ally of our heroes, Jewel (Hathaway) and Blu (Eisenberg), two birds brought together by a bumbling ornithologist (Rodrigo Santoro) charged with saving the species.

Jewel is a fiery, take-charge type, who is wise from her life experiences, unlike Blu, who spent most of his life drinking cocoa inside a cozy bookshop. The villains do their part, but they’re more ...

Rio will be available on 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 ...