So we just went to see this movie last night. I must admit - I had pretty high hopes. The trailer was hilarious, and...well. It's all about raining food and stuff. Which is awesome. And a concept kids have dreamt up for hundreds of years.
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs (Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller) tells the story of Flint Lockwood (voiced by Bill Hader of SNL fame). Flint is an inventor with big dreams. So far he's managed to invent spray-on shoes, mutated rat-birds and so on. But - well, he sort of sucks at inventing. Until he invents the FLDSMFDR, which converts water into food. Which, for his little town in the middle of the Atlantic stuck eating sardines all day (I won't ruin it for you), is pretty darn good news.
Based on the beloved children's book written by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett, this movie kept us all laughing. We went with a 6 year old, 9 year old and 10 year old and they all loved it. The animation is engaging, the characters are fun and the food...oh the food. I was starving when I left and that was after I just downed about 1000 peanut M&M's. There is one scene in particular where it snows ice cream and the kids are all making snow angels face down...gorgeous. This was one of those unique kid's movies that I actually really liked. It helped that it brought back some old talents like James Caan and Mr. T as voice-overs.
Take your kids to see this one. The message is solid - though about as subtle as a tonne of bricks - the dialogue is quick and the scenery is edible.
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