Rio ***

A fantastic riot of color and colorful characters, "Rio," from the creators of "Ice Age," delivers on the visuals, the songs, the story, and the humor. The story concerns Blu, a macaw who may be the last male of his species who is taken from the cozy bookshop in Minnesota, where he was raised, to the exotic locale of Rio to meet the last female. Blu, voiced by Jesse Eisenberg, is smart, resourceful, and flightless, while Jewel, his intended, voiced by Anne Hathaway, is equally smart and intent on escaping the cage where she lives. The unlikely pair do manage to get out, and their Rio Carnival adventures begins. It's great fun, but does carry a PG rating.