Rio (2011 film)

Summary

Rio is a 2011 American animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Carlos Saldanha and written by Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, Jennifer Ventimilia, and Sam Harper. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the film is set. Produced by 20th Century Fox Animation and Blue Sky Studios, the film features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, George Lopez, and Jamie Foxx. It follows Blu, a domesticated male macaw, who is taken back to Rio de Janeiro to mate with Jewel, a free-spirited female macaw. They fall in love whilst escaping from bird smugglers and Nigel, a cockatoo.