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==Plot==
==Plot==
Following a few years after the first film, Blu ([[Jesse Eisenberg]]) and Jewel([[Anne Hathaway]]) enjoy life in Rio with their 3 kids, the oldest and music-loving Carla ([[Rachel Crow]]),intelligent Bia([[Amandla Stenberg]]), and the yougest and mischievous Tiago ([[Pierce Gagnon]]). Meanwhile, Blu's former owner, Linda Gunderson ([[Leslie Mann]]) and her [[ornithologist]] husband, Tulio ([[Rodrigo Santoro]]) are on an expedition in the [[Amazon]] and eventually discover a qucik-flying [[spix's macaw]] that loses one of it's feathers. When word gets out about this through [[television]], Jewel believes that they should go to the Amazon to help their human friends find them. While the kids are ectatic, Blu is uncertain, but is pressured into going along. Rafael ([[George Lopez]]) and Nico ([[Jamie Foxx]]) and Pedro ([[Will.I.Am]]) decide to come along. Luiz ([[Tracy Morgan]]) attempts to folow, but fails. Blu brings a [[fanny pack]] full of supplies, one of which he uses mostly is a [[GPS]], much to Jewel's displeasure.
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Blu, Jewel and their three kids leave their domesticated life in the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]] for a journey to the [[Amazon rainforest]], where their owners Linda and Tulio were doing an expedition that seemingly found a hidden tribe of [[Spix's Macaw]]s. On their way there, they are spotted in [[Manaus]] by Blu and Jewel's old nemesis Nigel the [[sulphur-crested Cockatoo|cockatoo]], who then decides to seek revenge on the macaws, enlisting [[poison dart frog]] Gabi and [[Southern tamandua|tamandua]] Charlie as his minions. Upon arriving to the Amazon, the family comes across Jewel's long-lost father, Eduardo, who is in hiding with his macaw tribe. As Blu has trouble fitting in, Nigel infiltrates the tribe. Mean times, [[illegal logging|illegal loggers]] kidnap Linda and Tulio on their way to reach the macaws' hideout and tiying them to a tree. Blu needs to locate and rescue them so that they can save the rainforest from being destroyed.
Meanwhile, the leader of a group that is in a line of [[illegal logging]], , discovers of Linda and Tulio's expedition to find the macaws and orders his minions to hunt them down to avoid
disruptions to their work. Also, Nigel ([[Jemaine Clement]]) has survived the plane crash from the first film, but now has limited flight and is working as a [[fortune teller]]/[[con artist]]. When he sees Blu and his family flying overhead of them, he wastes no time deciding to go after them in retaliation. He is helped by a silent [[Anteater]] named Charlie and a lovesick [[poison dart frog]] named Gabi ([[Kristen Chenowith]]), the latter of which is in love with Nigel. The group uses a boat to get toward the jungle (with Nigel's first plan of revenge being inadvertently foiled by Charlie), and when they arrive, they find nothing in sight. However, they are eventually taken to a flock of blue macaws that are hiding in a secret paradise land. There, they meet Jewel's long lost father, Eduardo ([[Andy Garcia]]), his older sister Mimi([[Rita Moreno]]), and Jewel's childhood friend, Roberto ([[Bruno Mars]]). Eduardo seems unimpressed with Blu's domesticated behavior.

While searching for the macaws, Linda and Tulio are eventually trapped by the loggers. Meanwhile, Blu does his best to fit in with the flock, as his family and friends are doing, who are against humans and all things human. Blu fails at Eduardo's survival techniques when the former takes Blu out to train him to be like one of the flock. Meanwhile, after countless attempts to get to Blu, Nigel gets his chance when he lands an audition hosted by Rafael, Nico, Pedro, and Carla for [[Carnival]] while in disguise as a bird named Bob. When Blu tries to pick a [[Brazilian]] nut for Jewel, he accidentally tries to get it in the territory of the Spix Macaw's enemies, the [[Scarlet Macaw]],led by the hostile Felipe. Blu inadverdantly causes war between the two for food when he (accidentally) hits Felipe with a twig. The war turns out to be just like [[Football]] and Blu accidentally costs the flock the food when he prematurely sends the fruit ball into the enemy's goal, to Eduardo's frustration.

After falling out with Jewel, Blu visits Tulio and Linda's site, where he discovers a broken [[CB Radio]] and after he and Roberto (who followed Blu) are almost ran over by a tractor, Blu sends Roberto to warn the flock as he saves Linda and Tulio. Blu persuades the macaws to defend their homes and they easily outmatch the loggers with help from the Red Scarlet Macaws. tries to get to blow up the trees as a back-up plan, but blue steals the lit dynamite. Nigel goes after Blu and reveals himself as they are falling down when Nigel tugs on the dynamite. After the dynamite goes off, Nigel tries attacking Blu while they hang upside down from vines. Gabi tries to help Nigel by using Charlie's [[tongue]] to [[slingshot]] a [[hedgehog]] quill (which they got earlier) with her poison on it to shoot it at Blu, but it accidentally hits Nigel, who gives a Shakespearean death speech before seemingly dying. Gabi tries to commit [[suicide]] by drinking her own poison and the
pair are seemingly dead. However, Bia points out that Gabi isn't poisonous at all (she was told by her parents that she was) and she smothers Nigel against his will as he tries to get to Blu.

With the flock now under Linda and Tulio's protection, Blu and Jewel decide to live in the amazon with their kids and friends. Meanwhile, Nigel is taken to Rio by Tulio along with Gabi, and Charlie joins the birds' party.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 02:45, 13 April 2014

Rio 2
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCarlos Saldanha
Screenplay byDon Rhymer
Carlos Kotkin
Jenny Bicks
Yoni Brenner
Story byCarlos Saldanha
Produced byBruce Anderson
John C. Donkin
StarringJesse Eisenberg
Anne Hathaway
Leslie Mann
Bruno Mars
Jemaine Clement
George Lopez
Jamie Foxx
will.i.am
CinematographyRenato Falcão
Edited byHarry Hitner
Music byJohn Powell
Production
companies
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release dates
  • March 20, 2014 (2014-03-20) (International)
  • April 11, 2014 (2014-04-11) (United States)
Running time
101 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Portuguese
Budget$103 million[2]
Box office$65,542,029[3]

Rio 2 is a 2014 American 3D computer-animated musical adventure-comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. It is the sequel to the 2011 computer-animated film Rio and the studio's first film to have a sequel outside of their existing Ice Age franchise. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the first film was set and Rio 2 begins, though most of its plot occurs instead at the Amazon rainforest.

Featuring the returning voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, and Jake T. Austin, the film was released internationally on March 20, 2014,[4] and on April 11, 2014[4] in American theaters. Rio 2 was Don Rhymer's final film after he died on November 28, 2012.

Plot

Following a few years after the first film, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) and Jewel(Anne Hathaway) enjoy life in Rio with their 3 kids, the oldest and music-loving Carla (Rachel Crow),intelligent Bia(Amandla Stenberg), and the yougest and mischievous Tiago (Pierce Gagnon). Meanwhile, Blu's former owner, Linda Gunderson (Leslie Mann) and her ornithologist husband, Tulio (Rodrigo Santoro) are on an expedition in the Amazon and eventually discover a qucik-flying spix's macaw that loses one of it's feathers. When word gets out about this through television, Jewel believes that they should go to the Amazon to help their human friends find them. While the kids are ectatic, Blu is uncertain, but is pressured into going along. Rafael (George Lopez) and Nico (Jamie Foxx) and Pedro (Will.I.Am) decide to come along. Luiz (Tracy Morgan) attempts to folow, but fails. Blu brings a fanny pack full of supplies, one of which he uses mostly is a GPS, much to Jewel's displeasure.

Meanwhile, the leader of a group that is in a line of illegal logging, , discovers of Linda and Tulio's expedition to find the macaws and orders his minions to hunt them down to avoid disruptions to their work. Also, Nigel (Jemaine Clement) has survived the plane crash from the first film, but now has limited flight and is working as a fortune teller/con artist. When he sees Blu and his family flying overhead of them, he wastes no time deciding to go after them in retaliation. He is helped by a silent Anteater named Charlie and a lovesick poison dart frog named Gabi (Kristen Chenowith), the latter of which is in love with Nigel. The group uses a boat to get toward the jungle (with Nigel's first plan of revenge being inadvertently foiled by Charlie), and when they arrive, they find nothing in sight. However, they are eventually taken to a flock of blue macaws that are hiding in a secret paradise land. There, they meet Jewel's long lost father, Eduardo (Andy Garcia), his older sister Mimi(Rita Moreno), and Jewel's childhood friend, Roberto (Bruno Mars). Eduardo seems unimpressed with Blu's domesticated behavior.

While searching for the macaws, Linda and Tulio are eventually trapped by the loggers. Meanwhile, Blu does his best to fit in with the flock, as his family and friends are doing, who are against humans and all things human. Blu fails at Eduardo's survival techniques when the former takes Blu out to train him to be like one of the flock. Meanwhile, after countless attempts to get to Blu, Nigel gets his chance when he lands an audition hosted by Rafael, Nico, Pedro, and Carla for Carnival while in disguise as a bird named Bob. When Blu tries to pick a Brazilian nut for Jewel, he accidentally tries to get it in the territory of the Spix Macaw's enemies, the Scarlet Macaw,led by the hostile Felipe. Blu inadverdantly causes war between the two for food when he (accidentally) hits Felipe with a twig. The war turns out to be just like Football and Blu accidentally costs the flock the food when he prematurely sends the fruit ball into the enemy's goal, to Eduardo's frustration.

After falling out with Jewel, Blu visits Tulio and Linda's site, where he discovers a broken CB Radio and after he and Roberto (who followed Blu) are almost ran over by a tractor, Blu sends Roberto to warn the flock as he saves Linda and Tulio. Blu persuades the macaws to defend their homes and they easily outmatch the loggers with help from the Red Scarlet Macaws. tries to get to blow up the trees as a back-up plan, but blue steals the lit dynamite. Nigel goes after Blu and reveals himself as they are falling down when Nigel tugs on the dynamite. After the dynamite goes off, Nigel tries attacking Blu while they hang upside down from vines. Gabi tries to help Nigel by using Charlie's tongue to slingshot a hedgehog quill (which they got earlier) with her poison on it to shoot it at Blu, but it accidentally hits Nigel, who gives a Shakespearean death speech before seemingly dying. Gabi tries to commit suicide by drinking her own poison and the pair are seemingly dead. However, Bia points out that Gabi isn't poisonous at all (she was told by her parents that she was) and she smothers Nigel against his will as he tries to get to Blu.

With the flock now under Linda and Tulio's protection, Blu and Jewel decide to live in the amazon with their kids and friends. Meanwhile, Nigel is taken to Rio by Tulio along with Gabi, and Charlie joins the birds' party.

Cast

Production

On January 25, 2012, while speaking to the Associated Press, Sérgio Mendes who co-wrote a song for the first film spoke about the sequel, saying: "I think the plan is for the movie to come three or four months before the World Cup. Fox has been talking about (it) and it looks like it's going to happen. We're going to have a meeting I think next week and Carlos is coming to town to tell us the story, and it looks like it's a go."[12] In April 2012, Deadline.com reported that Jesse Eisenberg had signed up to reprise his role as Blu,[13] and Anne Hathaway had also signed on to reprise her role as Jewel.[14] In October 2012, Variety stated that Carlos Saldanha had officially signed a five-year deal with 20th Century Fox that allows him to helm live-action and/or animated films, with the sequel being part of that contractual agreement.[15]

Don Rhymer, screenplay writer of the first film, died on November 28, 2012 during the writing phase of the sequel, after a battle with head and neck cancer.[16] In January 2013, Rodrigo Santoro confirmed his return to voice ornithologist Tulio Monteiro, as well as hinting that the sequel's setting will involve the Amazon.[17] 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky unveiled the first teaser trailer at the annual Las Vegas, Nevada CinemaCon on April 18, 2013.[18] On May 14, 2013, that same trailer was released online worldwide, and attached with Epic.[19] Entertainer Bruno Mars joined the cast as Roberto after director Carlos Saldanha caught his performance on Saturday Night Live. During production, Mars offered his own personal touches that better shaped his character's physical appearance, personality, and voice.[20]

Marketing

Rodrigo Santoro, who voices Tulio, and the soundtrack's producer Sérgio Mendes at the film's press event.

Under the supervision of 20th Century Fox - with director Carlos Saldanha and music composer John Powell - the film's natural hometown of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil used the film as a tie-in promotion for the 2014 New Year's Eve celebration at Copacabana Beach.[21]

20 new Angry Birds Rio levels along with six bonus levels — all visually tied to Rio 2 were released on February 20, 2014, as part of the "High Dive" update.[22]

Reception

Critical reception

Rio 2 has received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 50% based on reviews from 86 critics, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's consensus reads: "Like most sequels, Rio 2 takes its predecessor's basic template and tries to make it bigger -- which means it's even busier, more colorful, and ultimately more exhausting for viewers outside the youthful target demographic."[23] Another review aggregation website, Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 49 out of 100 based on 25 reviews.[24]

Mark Adams of Screen Daily said, "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 of good-natured jungle adventure, songs and gags. The only frustrating thing is that it feels very much like a by-the-numbers sequel, lacking the verve, ebullience and left-field humour that made 2011’s Rio such a surprise hit."[25] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter said, "This rumble in the jungle adds a colorful cast of rain-forest creatures to the franchise's infectious sense of frivolity."[26] Justin Chang of Variety said, "Domestic and ecological dramas abound in this bright, noisy, overstuffed sequel to Fox's 2011 surprise hit."[27] Tom Huddleston of Time Out gave the film three out of five stars, saying "There are problems here ... but the characterisation is feisty and memorable, the song-and-dance sequences intricate and colourful, and it'll charm the socks off little people."[28] Kyle Smith of the New York Post gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "Rio 2 is not what I would call Amazon prime, but it's got enough silly songs and daffy critters to keep the little ones happy."[29] Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film two out of four stars, saying "Rio 2 teems with colorful animated splendor and elaborate musical numbers, but its rambling, hectic, if good-hearted, story is for the birds."[30] Richard Corliss of Time gave the film a positive review, saying "Even when it's coarse and calculating, this is an eager entertainment machine that will keep the kids satisfied. Just don't tell them that the Rio movies are musical comedies about an avian genocide."[31]

Elizabeth Weitzman of the New York Daily News gave the film three out of five stars, saying "We're grading on a sliding scale here. But if Rio 2 is hardly Pixar quality, it's certainly better than the average animated sequel."[32] Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film two out of four stars, saying "It's like the last Hobbit movie - so much time passes between side plots that you have to jog the memory when a minor character appears again. Who's that toucan again? Is he a bad guy?"[33] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic gave the film three out of four stars, saying "An agreeable song-and-dance movie, a laugh here, a laugh there, pleasant but overly busy, for seemingly no real reason other than to throw a few more set pieces at the wall to see what sticks."[34] Jessica Herndon of the Associated Press gave the film three out of four stars, saying "With so much going on, it's a wonder this kids' movie is only five minutes longer than the original. But for the music and brilliantly picturesque look, it's worth the 3-D ticket."[35] Stephanie Merry of The Washington Post gave the film two out of four stars, saying "All in all, though, the movie feels at once too busy and too derivative. That's no easy feat, but it's also one sequel-makers probably shouldn't aspire to."[36] Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying "Those who enjoyed the adventures of Blu and Jewel and company in the first Rio are going to find the sequel an equally pleasing diversion."[37]

Tom Russo of The Boston Globe gave the film two out of four stars, saying "The story flows, but not always freely, thanks to its manufactured feel."[38] Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a negative review, saying "The cinematic equivalent of attack by kaleidoscope, Rio 2 sucks you in and whirls you around before spitting you out, exhausted."[39] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a negative review, saying "Wonderfully animated and well-voiced, Rio 2 is nevertheless too much. Too much plot, too many issues, too many characters."[40] Bill Zwecker of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three out of four stars, saying "It's as good as the first one and sure to please both the kiddies and adults with its two-tiered humor."[41] Tirdad Derakhshani of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film two out of four stars, saying "It'll keep the kids content for a couple of hours, though it's likely to bore the grown-ups."[42] Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the album three out of four stars, saying "Rio 2 (like Fox’s Ice Age series) relies on derivative plotting and slapstick visual gags, in contrast to Pixar’s more cerebral originality. Where the film excels though, in an even more pronounced way than the first film, is in the choreographed animation for the musical numbers."[43] Alonso Duralde of The Wrap gave the film a negative review, saying "The musical moments, on the whole, stand out as the highlights of the film; Rio 2 becomes watchable when the flat characters shut up and sing."[44]

Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film one and a half stars out of four, saying "The movie has one goal: to amuse the most children with the least amount of effort."[45] Steve Persall of the Tampa Bay Times gave the album a B+, saying "Like its peppy predecessor, Rio 2 doesn't look or sound like other animated licenses to print money. That alone is reason enough to appreciate it."[46] Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the film a C, saying "Like the first film, Rio 2 is almost oppressively bright, bombarding the screen with flashes of saturated rainforest colors and even a bird version of soccer (timed a bit too perfectly to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil)."[47] Mike McCahill of The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars, saying "It's hard to ascribe much art or wit to a franchise that retains the services of will.i.am as comic relief – and a thoroughly inorganic talent-show subplot feels like another attempt to groom youngsters for life in the Cowell jungle."[48] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film two out of five stars, saying "This jumbled sequel, which was also directed by Carlos Saldanha, loses most of what made the first film such an infectious entertainment."[49] Eric Henderson of Slant Magazine gave the film one out of five stars, saying "Though there isn't a fruit-flavored hue that isn't jammed into every single corner of screen space in Rio 2, the movie has less actual nutritional value than 10 bowls of crushed Froot Loops dust. 20th Century Fox's sequel to the already dubious 2011 film would seem far too endlessly hyperventilating and self-stimulating a way to keep kids from barreling toward a spaz attack on a Saturday afternoon."[50]

Box office

In North America, the film earned $12 million on its opening day.[51]

Music

Soundtrack

Untitled

A soundtrack for the film was released on March 25, 2014, by Atlantic Records.[53][54]

Track listing
No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."What Is Love?"Janelle Monáe3:31
2."Rio Rio" (featuring B.o.B)Ester Dean2:41
3."Beautiful Creatures"Barbatuques, Andy García, and Rita Moreno2:07
4."Welcome Back"Bruno Mars1:08
5."Ô Vida"Carlinhos Brown and Nina De Freitas1:47
6."It's a Jungle Out Here" (Brazilian)Philip Lawrence3:59
7."Don't Go Away" (featuring Uakti)Anne Hathaway and Flavia Maia2:38
8."Batucada Familia"Carlinhos Brown, Siedah Garrett, Jamie Foxx, Rachel Crow, Amy Heidemann, Andy García, and Rita Moreno2:42
9."Poisonous Love"Kristin Chenoweth and Jemaine Clement3:30
10."I Will Survive"Jemaine Clement and Kristin Chenoweth1:51
11."Bola Viva"Carlinhos Brown3:22
12."Favo De Mel"Milton Nascimento3:08
13."It's a Jungle Out Here"Philip Lawrence4:00
14."What Is Love"Janelle Monáe, Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jamie Foxx, and Carlinhos Brown2:43
Total length:39:07

Score

Untitled

An additional album featuring John Powell's original score will be released on April 8, 2014 by Sony Classical.[55]

Track listing

All music is composed by John Powell, except as noted

No.TitleLength
1."20th Century Fox Fanfare (Samba Version)" (composed by Alfred Newman)0:24
2."Batucada People"1:35
3."Over the Falls" (featuring Milton Nascimento)3:39
4."Breakfast in Rio"3:08
5."Fireworks on the Roof" (featuring Uakti)1:27
6."Traveling Family"1:59
7."Sideshow Freaks" (featuring Uakti)3:08
8."Stalking the Ferry"2:06
9."River Boat on the Loggers" (featuring Carlinhos Brown and Uakti)2:59
10."Escorted to the Clan" (featuring Uakti and Barbatuques)5:40
11."Up Carla's Monkey" (featuring Uakti)2:15
12."Spider Invite" (featuring Uakti and Barbatuques)2:46
13."Humans Are Longer Than They Told Me" (featuring Uakti)2:23
14."Tongue-apult to Blu's Nightmare"2:08
15."Red Bullies" (featuring Uakti)3:19
16."Tantrums Lead to Explosions" (featuring Uakti)3:42
17."Lollipops Are Bad for Your Teeth" (featuring Milton Nascimento, Uakti and Barbatuques)3:55
18."Battle for the Heart of the Forest"4:45
19."Romeo and Juliet's Unfortunate Demise" (featuring Uakti and Barbatuques)3:52
Total length:55:10

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