Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Andy Samberg, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, James Caan

A scientist trying to solve world hunger encounters a problem of global proportions, as food begins to fall from the sky.

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  • mrpopcorn
    November 24, 2009
    mrpopcorn
    "Prepare to get served"

    The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.

    REVIEW

    B...( read more)ased on the popular children's book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Sony Pictures takes a stab at the Pixar dominated world of CGI animation. Despite some flaws in the narrative, it's a solid hit for the company.

    With the voice talents of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, and James Caan, this light-hearted comedy is well worth the watch. Perhaps it's too light. There's no deep powerful message to be learned that you haven't heard before. It's very aesthetically pleasing as some of the other animated films this year. The land of ice cream scene was especially appetizing. And there is a terrific love story at the core of the film. Flint (Hader) and Sam (Faris) are the cutest of cute in terms of geeks in love. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were very clever in the execution in the beauty of their relationship despite being based on the book.

    Is this the Oscar frontrunner for Animated Feature film? Absolutely not. With Up, Coraline, and Ponyo so far ahead of the game, the film is quite forgettable when placed amongst other contenders. Give it a taste however, it'll satisfy the craving.
  • gatorgirl13
    November 21, 2009
    gatorgirl13
    Very creative and unique story. Lots of cute, funny moments too.
  • her69eyes
    October 28, 2009
    her69eyes
    The apocalypse by way of bacon, spaghetti, and fudge: is this the latest from Roland Emmerich?

    Based on a popular 1978 children's book by Judi and Ron Barrett, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" tells the story of a remote island where, thanks to a plucky young inventor, it can...( read more) rain food. Hamburgers falling from the sky are certainly a nice change of pace from the island's former number one export, sardines, which have become out of fashion due to newspapers reporting that sardines are, in fact, gross.

    The inventor is Flint Lockwood (voiced by Bill Hader), a geek with daddy issues and a number of failed inventions under his belt, such as his permanent spray-on shoes. When he constructs a machine with the ability to transform water into food, the town's mayor (Bruce Campbell) sees this as the perfect opportunity to draw tourism. They could, you know, export giant steaks, but an island finding great wealth out of their gluttony isn't as cute of a message. Flint meets his love interest, weather girl Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), as she reports the edible forecast.

    There are a lot of things you can say with this material, but the film doesn't have the courage to run all the way with it. The excess food is placed behind a dam outside of town, which the mayor ignorantly dismisses until, of course, spaghetti hurricanes cause it's destruction. Because of the relentless onslaught of giant food spectacle, however, most of these ideas are completely drowned out by the film's own syrup. Also, interestingly enough, only one citizen, the mayor, seems to be gaining any weight.

    It's unfair to compare all animated films to Pixar, but films like "Up" continue to set the bar for what a smart audience demands out of contemporary animation. "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" starts out with wonderful intentions, but it's latter half is an eight hundred pound mountain of Jello-O - all action, all spectacle, no heart. Pixar has also never resorted to a character like the African American police officer (Mr. T, of all people), an amalgamation of every black stereotype you can imagine. Even the montage of sardines didn't leave as bad of a taste in my mouth.

    Although starting off strong, "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" devolves into a series of dumb action sequences that will keep your children entertained without challenging them in any way. It's one step above the lowest of trashy animation due to it's gorgeous visuals and a handful of laughs, but we're far from the brilliance of "Coraline", "Up", or "Ponyo".
  • phubbs1
    October 22, 2009
    phubbs1
    Really nice film to watch and look at :) very colourful, light, breezy and fun filled for all the family, well mainly the kids haha its a nice lovely film full of good imagination, crazy characters and kiddie type slapstick which will keep all kids happy. Not too much for the adu...( read more)lts I'm afraid, as expected of course, not in the same league as Toy Story for laughs but there are some smiley moments :)

    I just saw this for the animation side really, I like to see different studios take on animation and how they make it differ from film to film, plenty of food filled fun.
  • LitelBluHli
    October 3, 2009
    LitelBluHli
    Oh my goodness! I loved this book as a child and I must say I was quite excited to go see it. I took my nephew with me and we both really enjoyed it. The story was cute and kept you interested, the animation was a delight to watch. I felt like a child all over again...food fallin...( read more)g from the sky...yum!
  • DianJun
    December 14, 2009
    DianJun
    After all, this is not a Pixar production. After all, even Pixar cannot promise huge success every time they produce something.
  • michaelems
    December 14, 2009
    michaelems
    Just OK kids loved it
  • ZadkielM
    December 13, 2009
    ZadkielM
    It's ok...sardines are pretty sustainable...
  • Wolfsbane
    December 13, 2009
    Wolfsbane
    Interesting story, I wish I had an invention like that. Good kids story.
  • mikomichelle178
    December 13, 2009
    mikomichelle178
    this one kinda interesting
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