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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
EMAILPRINTColumbia Pictures (Sony)
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 24 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 51 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Animation | Family/Kids
Written by:
Chris Miller
Phil Lord
Directed by:
Chris Miller
Phil Lord
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 18, 2009
DVD: January 5, 2010
Running Time: 81 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG for brief mild language
Starring Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, and Tracy Morgan
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be 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. Flint Lockwood is a young inventor who dreams of creates something that he hopes will improve everyone's life. At the very least, it has a drastic effect on the weather. (Sony Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
Cloudy is smart, insightful on a host of relationship dynamics, and filled with fast-paced action.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Very likely the most fun your family will have this month.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Dan Kois
Any moviegoers possessed of funny bones will laugh their fool heads off at Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Matthew Sorrento
Wise and respectful of its audience, "Cloudy" thus never stops the fun.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Kimberley Jones
The sights are ingenious, impressively rendered in 3-D, and the sounds – including cheeky voice work by Mr. T, Neil Patrick Harris, and Benjamin Bratt – are a blast.
Read Full Review >St. Louis Post-Dispatch Charles Williams
The film combines a pinch of morality with a healthy dose of humor to produce a movie that's entertaining for everyone.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
A joyful romp, devoid of the tiresome pop-culture references.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps
It’s a brisk, bright, winning effort, even though it already looks sadly out of touch with the times.
Read Full Review >NPR Bob Mondello
Ends with a big action sequence, turning into Raiders of the Lost Arby's when you wish it would serve up something less conventional. But by that time, the filmmakers have also served up a little food for thought, along with a lot of laughs.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
A surprisingly savory treat, though it doesn't bear much resemblance to the charming classic children's book on which it's based.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Glenn Whipp
The movie's humor targets both kids and grown-ups with equal success, but, even with the presence of a mustache-fixated monkey, the main attraction here is the movie's vibrant 3-D animation and its perfect storm of foodie-friendly sight gags.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Stephen Farber
The splashy animation is well-executed but again a bit monotonous for a full-length feature.
Read Full Review >Variety Peter Debruge
Eye-popping and mouth-watering in one, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs spins a 30-page children's book into a 90-minute all-you-can-laugh buffet.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly Chris Nashawaty
Goes down easy enough at first. But even at a svelte 81 minutes, this meal drags on too long.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Joanna Weiss
It’s not especially filling, but it leaves a pleasant aftertaste.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
There is clear definition between closer and further elements. I've seen a lot of 3-D recently, and in terms of technical quality, this is the best.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Daniel M. Gold
If the filmmakers opt to make only light statements about junk food, obesity and solid waste, they at least leave the audience sated on a single serving of inspired lunacy.
Read Full Review >Time Out New York Nick Schager
The year’s 3-D deluge continues: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is an amusingly loopy kids’ meal about a small-town inventor.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Stephen Cole
Leaves us with is sporadic showers of laughs for kids under 10. That's a shame, because the film could have been a delight for everyone, if only it hadn't learned to behave.
Read Full Review >New York Post Kyle Smith
It's the Food Network meets The Weather Channel meets . . . the Scary Doomsday Preachers Channel.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Cliff Doerksen
A lumpy stew of weak characterization, lame gags, ADD-afflicted storytelling, and dazzling visual.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Amy Biancolli
A dead-serious piece of activist filmmaking.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.8 (out of 10) based on 51 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Kenneth S. gave it a5:
The animation is pretty good, but not state-of-the art, and there are some funny moments in the story. The whole thing reminded me of SpongeBob, only with a more ridiculous and cliched plot.
Mathew w. gave it a10:
Aged 15 it was not aimed at me but this film is ultimately watchable at a very very high level.
[Anonymous] gave it an8:
I really don't understand the hate for this movie. I rented this to watch with my family, and we were all cracking up at the use of physical comedy and the above-average jokes (especially for a kid's movie). The first 2/3 of the movie were extremely funny, while the last 1/3 changed it's tone to action/adventure. It's a shame the end wasn't more satisfying, but it is still definitely worth seeing.
Matt B gave it a1:
I'm the average commenter here and I hated the movie because it was TOO KIDDY and needed more sexual/violent content to keep my bad self satisfied. I am an adult after all, and too "mature" to enjoy something simple, innocent, and directed at the unwashed youth of America.
Jesse J. gave it a10:
Probably the funniest movie I saw in 09, an adult is saying this. The characters facial emotions have been perfectly drawn each time, you will keep wanting to watch the movie over and over again just to look at the emotions on the faces because they are so perfect and funny. I recommend any one to watch this, and those blue and purple clouds looked unbelievable amazing on my Series 7 LED.
Dave H gave it a7:
A good movie, but had many awkward momments even I blushed.
Claudio B. gave it a10:
The animation is great, it is very funny and it gives a good message to the children.
