THE tale has been adapted from Ron and Judi Barrett's famous children's book, which illustrates a world where giant pancakes and pasta fall from the sky as a scientist tries to solve world hunger. However, things go terribly wrong when excess amounts of food overload cities and towns.
Review
THE movie's humor targets both kids and grown-ups with equal success, but, the main attraction here is the movie's vibrant 3-D animation and its perfect storm of foodie-friendly sight gags.
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times
DIRECTORS Phil Lord and Chris Miller have written an engaging and comically absurd story with subtle messages, more sophisticated than what usually is offered in animated fare. There's a gentle anti-junk-food, anti-gluttony theme, as well as a clever way of resolving the strained relationship between the protagonist and his unexpressive dad.
The enthusiastically told story lends itself well to a 3-D rendering. Tumbling food and weather phenomena made of edible material make excellent use of the medium.
Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
IT is being sold to the masses as a children's movie based on a beloved picture book—quippy dialogue, zippy 3-D animation and madcap action with a dash of romance. In truth, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a dead-serious piece of activist filmmaking, a cautionary tale about gluttony, obesity and genetically modified food.
