Blu has always lived with humans and has never learnt the ways of the wilderness until its meets the fiercely independent Jewel and the duo begin a perilous adventure.
Rio will not set your heart afire, although its low-level consciousness raising about illegally smuggled animals is nice. Mostly, it's brightly colored fluff, but then, it's supposed to be.
This is simply a film that both kids and parents can enjoy together, which, according to the consensuses for other recent kids' films, hasn't happened for awhile, so my advice would be to take advantage of it