Review – Rio

Buried somewhere in here is a message about the evils of the illegal international trade in exotic animals. But it gets largely buried under romcom and prison escape clichés. A rare blue macaw so domesticated he can’t even fly gets sent to Brazil to participate in a breeding program to save his species. When his intended mate would rather return to the wild than procreate, high jinks ensue. Overall this packed about as much entertainment value as its own Angry Birds game app adaptation. Mildly amusing