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Bursting with color and rippling with samba rhythms, Rio makes you wonder why animated films haven't spent more time in Brazil. The place is tailor-made for a 'toon, with rainforest birds and Carnival revelers alike in gloriously surreal plumage.

By Steve Persall, from St. Petersburg Times

Director Carlos Saldanha has crafted a gorgeous cartoon with superb use of 3D. The colorful splendors of carnival time in Rio keep the picture much brighter than average 3D efforts, even with those pesky dark glasses. The wide screen wonders of the exotic locations are beautifully captured, but most importantly screenwriter Don Rhymer has scripted an engaging and funny story with vivid characters, and Rio's all-pro voice cast really delivers the goods. Eisenberg's nervous readings are perfect for Blu, while Hathaway's sweetness and pluck makes for great chemistry between them. Jamie Foxx as a canary, Will I Am as a cardinal, George Lopez as a toucan and Tracy Morgan as a bulldog stand out in musical and comedy bits. Music and the sounds of Brazil play a big part in the proceedings with a sensational soundtrack including a beautiful original tune, "Fly Love," belted by Foxx and Will I Am (both platinum-selling singers beyond the ink and paint), plus a mix of samba standards from the great Sergio Mendes.

By Pete Hammond, from Boxoffice Magazine

Sometimes Rio reminds you, by its familiarity, that family-angled animated features are all largely the same film: voyages of personal discovery, coming-of-age tales for kids who haven't come of age, sexless love stories with the happy ending of domestic togetherness. But the mix of sentiment and verve puts the movie at the high end of the Blue Sky quality scale: a little below Horton Hears a Who! and well above the Ice Age trilogy. If you don't go in panting for a Pixar-level masterpiece, you should have a blast at this cartoon carnaval.

By Richard Corliss, from Time

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