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Judi and Ron Barrett's Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a much-loved, whimsical book about a tiny island where food falls from the sky like rain. The book serves as a jumping-off point for Sony's animated, digital 3-D Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs which is not so much a retelling of the book as an exploration of what makes food rain from the sky on a small island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Flint (Bill Hader), a clever young inventor with a reputation for creations gone awry, has recently completed a machine that he claims will turn water into food. Like his past failed inventions, Flint's new food-converting machine doesn't work as planned, and on its initial test run it ends up getting launched into the sky where clouds form and begin to rain cheeseburgers. The falling burgers destroy the Swallow Falls community's latest attempt to bolster its failing, sardine-dependent economy, but the Mayor's (Bruce Campbell) initial fury quickly turns to greedy anticipation as he begins to realize that food falling from the sky could serve as an innovative tourist draw. As the entire town is caught up re-defining itself as "Chew and Swallow," only Flint's father (James Caan) remains skeptical of his son's invention. Greed leads to some very strange weather events like spaghetti twisters and extra-giant food which, while providing a huge career opportunity for brainy weather intern Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) who's masquerading as an air-headed television personality, also threaten to destroy the town and its inhabitants. In the end, only the collaborative efforts of Flint, his father, and Sam can save the town of Chew and Swallow from certain destruction by the out of control invention. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a funny, imaginative film that's well-animated and immensely entertaining for kids and adults. Rated PG for brief mild language, but appropriate for most ages 5 and older. --Tami Horiuchi
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Special Features
- Directors' Commentary with Bill Hader
- A Recipe for Success: The Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Key Ingredients: The Voices of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
- Progression Reels with Introductions by Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Bredow
- Behind the Scenes of Miranda Cosgrove's Raining Sunshine Music Video
- Raining Sunshine Music Video by iCarly's Miranda Cosgrove
- Flint's Food Fight Game
- Interactive Raining Sunshine Sing-A-Long
- Extended Scenes
- Early Development Scenes
- English Audio Descriptive Track
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Meet Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader), the eccentric wannabe scientist, whose inventions haven't yet proved helpful, but when his latest contraption, the Flint Lockwood Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (Or the FLDSMDFR for short...) gets rocketed into the sky, strange things start to happen to the sardine town of Swallow Falls.
The film is based on the book by Judi Barrett, which apparently everyone has read... apart from me obviously.
My favourite character in the film is Steve the Gummy Bear Obsessed Monkey who wears one of Flint's previous inventions, the Monkey Thought Translator.
Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) is sent to cover the 'food weather', but when the food starts getting bigger, Flint realises he has bitten of more than he can chew, so he calls in Sam for help.
The film is very funny, but when it tries to hit sensitive issues, such as the death of Flint's mother, it comes across very cheesy. All in all it is a very good movie, and if you haven't seen it I suggest you do!
The film is based on the book by Judi Barrett, which apparently everyone has read... apart from me obviously.
My favourite character in the film is Steve the Gummy Bear Obsessed Monkey who wears one of Flint's previous inventions, the Monkey Thought Translator.
Sam Sparks (Anna Faris) is sent to cover the 'food weather', but when the food starts getting bigger, Flint realises he has bitten of more than he can chew, so he calls in Sam for help.
The film is very funny, but when it tries to hit sensitive issues, such as the death of Flint's mother, it comes across very cheesy. All in all it is a very good movie, and if you haven't seen it I suggest you do!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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My 6 year old grand daughter enjoyed this film and has watched it several times. Even my wife and I enjoyed it. The animation is very good and colours are excellent. I rated it 3 stars as, all in all, it was a good film but there are better. It was enjoyable, so I don't want to put people off buying it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This was a lovely movie about the dreams we hold as children and the hope that we may one day achieve them. The comedy is light hearted, the visuals are mouth-wateringly stunning (especially the Jelly Mall) and the story itself, holds your attention. I believe the movie was aimed at all ages, as there was something for everyone. I can truely say that I was looking forward to this DVD arriving and it did not disappoint, I would whole-heartedly recommend this to anyone.
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Grandsons
Bought this for my grandsons.They have watched bits and pieces , but never watched it all the way through., Not sure if it's the film or their lack of concentration
Published 2 months ago by mars4elvis
Surreal, but surprisingly it works...
We bought this with a little trepidation as it seemed a bizarre idea, but for some reason it worked. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ianski
HILLARIOUS
This film was so funny, it can be enjoyed by adults aswell as children. When watched more than once you see things you missed the first time around.
Published 3 months ago by macco
I thought non-Pixar CG movies were a waste of time!
This movie is great! Probably not to everyone's taste - it is quite geeky in its humour as well as topic, even though the comic timing is spot-on. Read more
Published 4 months ago by S. P. Ryall
My children love this
It's not my favourite film but my children (aged 6 - 10) love it and watch it over and over, especially the 10yo girl.
Published 5 months ago by Sally Swann
Surprisingly imaginative, original and very funny
With reference to Jack Huitson's review on IMDb, likewise; 'I had never heard of the children's book Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and to be honest, I thought it sounded a... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lord Anon
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One of the most enjoyable films I have seen in a long time - very, very funny. Good for all ages, great family film.
Published 6 months ago by Victoria J Beagrie
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This is an excellent film. Infinite re-watch-ability.
So clever and heart warming in places.
Would recommend to people of all ages.
So clever and heart warming in places.
Would recommend to people of all ages.
Published 7 months ago by Simon Thirkell
extremely funny film
this is a very funny film my children really enjoyed it
in fact it is my youngest favourite film and for the price i paid for it
it was a bargain
in fact it is my youngest favourite film and for the price i paid for it
it was a bargain
Published 9 months ago by semadee
Okish
Mediocre best that can be said about this story and the characters. Interesting idea but would have worked better as a short. Not enough of the wit and charm we've seen from Pixar.
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