In case you haven't seen the last movie, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) fills you in. Basically, Flint invented the FLDSMDFR, the wondrous device that rained food. Flint destroyed the machine after it made not-so-wondrous food weather all over the world.
Then, super-genius Chester V (Will Forte) shows up, and evacuates Flint's island hometown of Swallow Falls. Flint even gets a job working with V, his longtime scientific idol. But then he humiliates himself in-front of him.
It turns out the FLDSMDFR isn't dead; it's busy making food creatures. These "foodimals" are apparently learning how to swim so they can destroy New York City...or something. So Chester V sends Flint to find the device and shut it down. Oh yeah, and Flint's friends come along too.
The film gets by on plenty of silly, though obvious puns. Like:
Character 1: (Insert food-related cliche...)
Character 2: (There's the food!)
Or the names of the Foodimals. Like "Shrimpanzees," "PB & Jellyfish" and "Tacodile Supreme." Needless to say, the writers get points for their wordplay. Though if they wanted one more point, they should've made the villain's identity less obvious.
The Foodimals are the best part of the film. That's because they're quite creative mash-ups which look all too delicious. You'll be wanting a cheeseburger before this is done.
It's bright and colorful enough to satisfy the kids in the audience. Much of the humor is quite juvenile, though the adults will tolerate it enough to get through the film. I found the whole film kind of cutesy and fun.
Until Free Birds comes out November 1st, this is the only new animated film out there. Still, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs should satisfy many a matinee until then. It's certainly a lot better than something like The Smurfs 2.
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