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2014
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Rio 2
Positive Reviews
54
Negative reviews
35
Average Rating
2.7
/5
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2.0
But despite the attempts at broadening the secondary ideological themes, this is another familiar father in crisis tale, dotted with musical interlude ..
Av Club
2.5
As a result, Rio 2 ends up being not so much about the birds as mostly for the birds.
Rogerebert
3.0
But even though its not quite as singular as its predecessor, Rio 2 is still a fun and thoughtful sequel that will make families leave the theater hap ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
Finally proves more exhausting than exhilarating as it lectures you about respecting Mother Nature one minute, knocks you over with a Gloria Gaynor co ..
Variety
3.5
While the other tunes are catchy and enjoyable, this love ballad stands as a work of cinematic art both bursting with talent and oozing witty comedy a ..
We Got This Covered
3.0
Carlos Saldanha is all heart.From the Ice Age series, which the Brazilian co directed, through to his new Rio franchise, every movie he makes is stuff ..
Time Out
3.0
More of the same (with a soupcon less sparkle) as our overly domesticated blue feathered friends head off to the Amazon in search of a flock of recent ..
The Guardian
2.0
Jemaine Clements perfidious parakeet Nigel rises above the bland scripting, but its hard to ascribe much art or wit to a franchise that retains the se ..
The Guardian
1.3
The solitary benefit is that nothing gets in the way of the fringe benefits.
2.5
Not only does it incorporate the story lines and characters from the original, but it also adds new villains and complications, making it an overstuff ..
3.0
As a delightfully bright and breezy bit of 3D animated entertainment Rio 2 hits the sweet spot, and will no doubt be a box office hit with its blend o ..
Screen Daily
4.5
That isnt to say it isnt enjoyable and entertaining, because it is.
Screen Daily
3.5
Nigel and Gabi take the cake and will have you in splits with their crazy behaviour.
ETimes (TOI)
3.5
Despite recent uneven response to family friendly animated fare from an over saturated demographic, the sequel stands to capitalize on strong franchis ..
The Hollywood Reporter
1.5
All singing, all dancing, all color: Rio 2 is a modern, studio animation blockbuster spilling all over the place, rather than arching into the sky.
1.5
Prioritizing a sellable soundtrack and a veiled plug for this years World Cup soccer tournament over an original and engaging narrative might not have ..
The New York Times
2.8
Overstuffed and overly demonstrative, Saldanhas film is at once perfectly fine and perfectly forgettable.
Paste Magazine
2.4
Sporadically, the animated sequel dazzles with splashy Brazilian wild life sambaing to the tunes of Sergio Mendes.
IGN
2.0
Blus human friends, eco activists Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro) and Linda (Leslie Mann), are off in the Amazon trying to stop unlawful logging in the rain f ..
2.5
Rio 2 is saved from sub mediocrity by its positive vibe and some notably sharp and soaring visuals.
San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
A very unfocused, sporadically funny film, lifted by its (predictable) visual splendour.
3.0
Ultimately, Rio 2 is a fine bit of entertainment, but nothing more.
Cinema Blend
3.0
Were grading on a sliding scale here. But if Rio 2 is hardly Pixar quality, its certainly better than the average animated sequel.
Ny Daily News
2.5
Moviegoers young and old might not remember much of what happened afterwards, but at least the party is decent fun while it lasts.
Screen Rant
3.8
Even if the story occasionally feels like mental clutter, visually Rio 2 is consistently complex and elegant.
The Globe And Mail
2.5
Itll keep the kids content for a couple of hours, though its likely to bore the grown ups.
Philly
3.5
Nigel and Gabi take the cake and will have you in splits with their crazy behaviour.
2.0
Lets hope that the games will be more successful at dazzling us than it is.
One Guys Opinion
1.5
Rio 2 feels like biting down on a golf ball size bolus of Skittles while a youth counselor sitting backward in a chair fist bumps you and shouts, The ..
Village Voice
2.5
But if this sequel proves anything, its that more is not always better.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.0
Blu, Jewel and their three kids are living the perfect domesticated life in the magical city that is Rio de Janeiro.
Blu Ray
1.9
The movie feels like the result of a series of what ifs slapped together without any thought of trying to craft the resulting ideas into a cohesive wh ..
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
Rio 2 has plenty of lessons for the kids hidden within the adventure, but adults will be entertained too.
2.5
But this sequel feels frenetic, mashing up an ecological message with a survivalist journey, a love story, a tale of redemption and an American Idol l ..
Usa Today
3.0
Pushing its ecological message harder than before the birds must defend their habitat against illegal loggers its the same mix of colourfully frantic ..
Radio Times
1.5
This is an overstuffed, deeply padded film that sorely lacks drive and urgency.
Screen It
3.0
Some of the musical sequences here are very clumsily integrated into the main action.Nonetheless, there is enough colour, wit and inventiveness here t ..
Independent
2.0
The best kids movies awaken a childlike sense of awe and wonder in us all.
The Wrap
1.9
Generally, Rio 2 loathes nonfamiliar ideas and loves easy ones: Its characters rap, sing old disco nuggets and break into large musical numbers to pad ..
News Day
3.1
The movie is ever ready to drop everything for some cute slapstick or light goofing around with Blus friends.
New York Post
3.5
But at least it never stops moving, which should be enough to keep kids entertained.
Film Journal International ..
2.5
Rio 2 should be entertaining enough for the kids, but the filmmakers clearly value recycling as much as the rainforest conservation message of the fil ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
But its a competitive world among animated features these days.Its not for nothing that people are still finding new and inventive ways to sing Let It ..
Az Central
3.0
Blue Sky Studios, the animation outfit that gave us the Ice Age series, is in warmer territory with Rio 2, a buoyant 3D CGI movie that juggles multipl ..
Smh
1.5
But why should I have to The tiniest application of effort could have given us a story that doesnt feel like a reject from Everybody Loves Raymond or ..
3.1
Director Carlos Saldanha doesnt mess with the formula that made the first Rio a $500 million box office bonanza, with many of the same characters such ..
Toronto Star
4.0
Rio 2: Rio returns with a colourful and chirpy rainforest romp RIO 2 (U) Verdict: Warm, funny sequel The 2011 animation Rio, about the adventures of B ..
Daily Mail
3.0
Like the Ice Age films, Rio 2 is an amiable enough cartoon, as forgettable as its predecessor but certainly colourful and incident packed enough to be ..
Flim List
3.0
Chaotically scripted by Don Rhymer, Carlos Kotkin, Jenny Bicks and Toni Brenner from a story by Brazilian born director Carlos Saldanha, its filled wi ..
Susang Ranger
2.0
A sequel to something like this just needs more stuff packed into it.
Movies
3.0
Even when its coarse and calculating, this is an eager entertainment machine that will keep the kids satisfied. Just dont tell them that the Rio movie ..
Time
2.0
A smart spectacle that moves like a mini musical, the 3 D animated Rio 2 is also a superior sequel as it brings the Spixs macaws from the first movie, ..
Boston Herald
3.0
But if Epic was a doughy, flat pastiche of bland fantasy adventures at the narrative level, Rio 2 is a sloppy ball of sitcom antics and platitudes hid ..
The Film Stage
2.5
In the commercial animation realm, there are movies that reach for something, or many things.Others are content merely to baby sit.
Chicago Tribune
2.5
The Rio franchise may well go on, too, but hopefully with a story that really does feel natural next time.
Boston Globe
2.0
If Rio 2 gets kids interested in ecology and conservation, I can hold my nose and let the rest of it slide.
Flickfilosopher
2.0
In Ice Age (2002), the artists at Blue Sky didnt have the money to make a film as lavish as Shrek or Monsters, Inc., so they used imaginative, simpler ..
Blogs Indie Wire
3.0
The swooping 3D musical numbers pop with colour but its hard to see where this feathered family franchise could fly next.
Total Film
4.0
But theres never a dull moment, quite literally, thanks to a vivid colour burst with jubilant musical numbers in the backdrop, from rap, to samba to l ..
Deccan Chronicle
3.0
Try another or register with your social account The timing is perfect for Carlos Saldanhas sequel to 2011 cartoon hit Rio, which offers a sweetly rel ..
Standard
2.0
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Coles Mithey
2.5
Normally, seeing characters from a movie you enjoyed back on screen brings a feeling of happy familiarity, but thats rarely present in Rio 2, since it ..
2.5
Its even money that most post pubescents will have that mind drift sensation sometime deep into the samba saturated sequel Rio 2.
Groucho Reviews
2.5
A SO SO sequel to the 2011 animated hit, Rio 2 comes and goes with little fresh ground covered, and a lot of explosive bursts of colour detonated.
Herald Sun
3.0
By the very nature of Rio 2 being a sequel, it doesnt have this charm to it because it is, in fact, based on the previous film.However, I still apprec ..
7M Pictures
2.0
Rio 2 feels less like a new adventure and a lot like an excuse to do more of the same.
Film School Rejects
1.5
Rio 2 provides a few limp chuckles, but is largely just forgettable.
Ner Dist
3.0
2011s Rio was perfectly entertaining fare that never aspired to be anything much more, and the sequel is a bright, cheerful and entirely inoffensive c ..
Digital Spy
3.0
Smartly crafted for overseas success in soccer and samba cultures, the Rio franchise offers fresh sensations even when the storys cluttered.
Tamp A Bay
2.0
Rio 2 is fine for what it is, but its yet another film filling the market with the same kind of movie.
Abc
3.0
Rio. /> Vibrant visuals, musical numbers, slapstick comedy and an environmental message are all squeezed into this follow up to 2011s Rio.
Nz Herald
2.5
In spite of some sloppiness this movie earns a lot of good will for having its heart in the right place.
Stl Today
3.8
With so much going on, its a wonder this kids movie is only five minutes longer than the original. But for the music and brilliantly picturesque look, ..
Stl Today
1.9
More baffling stilland despite its luscious appearanceRio is viewed negatively as a smog filled rat trap worthy of escaping and never coming back.
Dustin Put Man
3.0
After the snappy, clever 2011 original, this sequel feels rather lazy by comparison: its still visually colourful and sometimes witty, but the overcro ..
Contact Music
2.5
That doesnt make it a good movie, however.At least Disney and Pixar pretend to include everyone in their attempts at wholesome eye candy fun.
Film Racket
4.0
bucks the usual law of diminishing sequel returns with a great story, even better new dangers, and a voice performance by Kristen Chenowith as Gabi, a ..
Killer Movie Reviews
2.0
A marked decline in every way from an original that really couldnt afford it.
Antagony & Ecstasy
2.0
So maybe it was within Rios destiny as an already meh childrens movie that it would get a further meh childrens movie sequel.
Punch Drunk Critics
4.0
The animation is vibrant, the peppy songs embrace sassy samba and showtune pizzazz, and the jungle critters are cute.
What So
2.5
The fun and entertainment of the original is nowhere to be found, replaced instead with a rushed and overstuffed plot which leads to a film that tries ..
3.1
It s all fairly clever, though perhaps not quite scary enough for hardcore psychological horror fans.
People
1.5
The studio is behind one of the more popular animated franchise of recent years, Ice Age and its four follow ups.
M Tv
1.0
Largely boring, repetitive sequel to the 2011 hit about exotically coloured birds of South America who sing and dance.
Tiny Url
3.0
Although at times over plotted and slow to get going, this sequel is bright and entertaining, with musical numbers that rock the rainforest.
Movie Mom
4.0
Theres laughs, some gorgeous 3D animation and a raft of loveable new characters.
Daily Star
2.5
Rio 2 has a childish, delicious looking beauty.Its like watching a box of Froot Loops explode just beyond the tip of your nose.
Grant Land
2.5
Rio 2 struts and crows for yet another sequel, but lets hope its the blue birds final flight.
Vue Weekly
3.0
Light and likable, Rio 2 doesnt dazzle us with originality, but its attractive and its fun, good enough reasons to go see it with the family.
Assignment X
3.0
But the payoff is when the myriad plots come together for a dizzying feel good spectacle that is the final half hour of Rio 2, which brings with it a ..
Toledo Blade
4.0
The swirls and eddies of colour and noise continue throughout this musical visual spectacle, flinging feel good, hot holiday vibes at the captivated a ..
Sky
4.5
Saldanhas sequel is infused with spectacular scenery, toe tapping music, and a myriad of creatures and colors.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
3.8
The Schmoes try to get jazzed with Rio 2could the Amazonian animated sequel wow our boys
Schmoes Know
2.0
Does this slick Blue Sky sequel cut the animated feature mustard in a post LEGO Movie world No, it really doesnt.
Little White Lies
2.5
But for grown ups, those wacky one liners get old, quick.Its a good thing the music in Rio 2 is just as lively as in the original film.
Ut Sandiego
2.0
The finest, most accomplished voice over belongs to that of Clement, who remains the best thing about this production.
Hey U Guys
3.0
The colour and sounds of Brazil ensure Rio 2 keeps its exotic plumage, but the plot and pastiche characters come straight out of Southern Californias ..
O Canada
3.5
The crimson and azure waves and splashes are exhilarating, and the action rivals any of the quidditch matches in the Harry Potter films.The movie is f ..
Oc Register
2.0
Colorful, blandly inoffensive, test marketed to within an inch of its little life, and set upon the world with a resounding you could do worse!
Mania.com
3.5
It isnt explosive reinvention, but certainly a delightful representation of where animation is in this moment in its history.
2.5
If this all sounds remarkably insider, it is.But the beauty of what Reitman and writers Rajiv Joseph and Scott Rothman do is craft a tale that looks, ..
The Movie Report
3.1
What danger do they face.Rio 2 is another movie that is good enough.
Dc5
3.8
Its as good as the first one and sure to please both the kiddies and adults with its two tiered humor.
Sun Times
1.5
Most of the gags wildly misfire (emblematised early on when Blu becomes accidentally attached to a firecracker), and the puerile poo jokes sit oddly w ..
Projected Figures
1.5
Rio had at least some life to it; Rio 2 feels like hollow, dusty dead in the eyes taxidermy in the name of pure profit.
Movies About
3.0
Overall, though, Rio 2 is a fun and worthy sequel that captures all the vibrant colors and sights and sounds of the Brazilian city.
Family Home Theater
3.0
It still looks fabulous but it doesnt really surprise the viewers or do anything new.
rachelsreviews.net
1.0
And Saldanhas sequel feels like a self indulgent, stockholder baiting product rather than an earnest (much less effective) next chapter in the lives o ..
Spin Off Comic Book Resour ..
1.5
While not the box office success of The Muppets (2011), Muppets Most Wanted was an enjoyable entry in the franchiseone that didnt leave its fans great ..
Cross Walk
1.5
Disneys Pixars Oscar winning blockbuster The Incredibles comes to mind.
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