Rio

Well Saturday the household was bored, and I decided today was the day i would introduce my boy to the joys of the cinema. We decided we would go to see Rio, as our Local McDonalds had been giving out Rio toys with their kiddy meals and he was familiar with the blue parrot Blu who is the star of this fish out of water tale.
This is the latest Blue sky production and we chose to see the 2D version as I knew there was no chance my little man was going to keep a pair of 3D specs on his little face. The film is great, its a little slow in places and some of the action did skew for a older demographic but it was filled with enough eye candy to keep my boy entertained. He lasted the full hour before he got fidgity but as I was feeling the same way i could understand his discomfort.
Basically Blu its explained is the last of his kind or so he believes and as voiced by Jesse Eisenberg he is an endearing character. With his friend and owner Linda he ends up at a Rio bird sanctuary where he meets Jewel voiced by Ann Hathaway and after being kidnapped the fun and adventure kicks off. The colours and scenery are breathtaking.  Yes the story loses a little steam towards the end, but the final ten minutes quickly get it back on track. The musical numbers serve a function but aren't really memorable. But in all honesty I enjoyed it more than the last two pixar movies. Go see, for a happy 90 minutes of escapism that works on all ages.