I love food. I love
animation. "Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs" is one of my all-time favorites for that reason. In the first movie, Flint Lockwood's
invention make food fall out of the sky like rain in Swallow Falls island. While it sounds fantastic at first, of
course, it does more harm than good.
The sequel begins with the realization that Flint's machine
isn't turned off successfully as he thought it was. Cleanup crew from LiveCorp, headed by Flint's childhood inventor
hero, Chester, informs him that the machine has turned fruits and vegetables
into hybrid of food and animals... foodimals.
And these foodnimals are frightening and they have to be stopped before
they swim and reach the mainland. Flint
and friends find that there's more to Chester's story and work to uncover his
motive.
Among the creatively cute foodimals are shrimpanzees,
flamangos, watermelephants, potatotamus, banacheetas, scalliosaurus,
subwhales, cheespiders, burger monsters, tacodiles. One baby strawberry inadvertently takes on
the role of ambassador and carries the role adorably.
A light serving for smaller kiddies, the story touches on
bullying, friendships, family and community.
While it's not fresh as the first, the foodnimals and food puns make the
movie deliciously delightful.