Phil Lord and Chris Miller direct Judi Barrett's refreshing and ingenious 1978 children's book that sees nerdy misfit, Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) invent a machine that turns water into food. Great premise eh! In a sardine town on the edge of disaster, Mayor Shelbourne sees a tourist bonanza and using weather girl Sam Sparks (voice of Anna Faris) starts spreading the word globally. But Flint's machine goes awry and morphs into a Death Star-like monster that threatens to wipe out the planet with a rain of, you guessed it, ginormous meatballs. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs works on several levels - great characters and an honest connection to the plight of two nerds - Flint and Sam - trying to find their way in the world and a genuine story of a son trying to please his father. To boot, the animation is quirky and different than what you'll see elsewhere.
A movie well worth spending dinner with. My rating 8 out of 10.
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