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Sunday, September 29, 2013

"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2"


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.