Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Directed by

Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, disaster film, science fiction comedy, teen film, family film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 6,508 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An aspiring inventor named Flint Lockwood creates a machine that turns water into food. The machine goes haywire and starts causing huge food storms that threaten the world, so Flint has to stop it.

whimsicalfast-pacedhumorousenergeticinventiveunpredictablelightheartedcolorful

What happens

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American animated science fiction comedy film written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, loosely based on the 1978 children's book by Judi and Ron Barrett. It was produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation, and stars the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, and Neil Patrick Harris. The film centers around an aspiring inventor named Flint Lockwood (Hader) who develops, following a series of failed experiments, a machine that can convert water into food. After the machine becomes rogue and begins to develop food storms, Flint must stop it in order to save the world. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs premiered at the Mann Village Theater in Los Angeles on September 12, 2009, by Sony Pictures Releasing, and was released in the United States on September 18. It was a box office success, grossing $243 million against a budget of $100 million. The film received positive reviews from critics and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 67th Golden Globe Awards. A sequel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, was released in 2013, while an animated television series premiered in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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