This must be Anne Hathaway's big comeback because the last thing she was in, was Love & Other Drugs, a dribbly rom-com. This stars Blu, a domesticated blue macaw, when I Wikipedied this, a blue macaw is 'critically endangered.' He and his owner are visited by a vet who takes them on a whirl-wind adventure to Rio De Janeiro, where they attempt to get Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) to mate with Jewel (Anne Hathaway), the only supposed remaining macaw. They get taken prisoner by illegal bird snatchers and they're vicious cockatoo Nigel (Jemaine Clement), from Flight of the Conchords. Apart from several dodgy songs by Will.i.am and Jemaine Clement, this is a good-natured film for the Easter holidays.
Like the Easter special of Alvin and The Chipmunks, this adorable seasoned movie is set up with all the usual cliches. The Easter Bunny is always a bunny and the 'Easter Factory' is on Easter Island inside one of the Moai's. Octopus-like Russell Brand stars in this themed-movie based on one bunny about to inherit the Easter Bunny title. So he runs away to Hollywood, where all stars go from rags to riches. 'That lady who wrote Harry Potter, wrote it in a ditch' was one of the unfunny quotes the film sprouts. James Marsden plays your twenty-something slacker, who gets chucked out of his house because he doesn't have a job. Instead of picking a real actor who is 20-ish, they chose Marsden who is 37. Eventually they meet but have to save the day from the evil Bunny, Carlos (voiced by Hank Azaria) who plans to overthrow the Bunny Empire. With one or two funny moments, this film is a bad movie dusted with sugar and spice.
