One of my favorite books as a child was the picture book “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” However, when I heard they were making a CGI feature film based on the book, I was a bit nervous. Those who have read the original book know that there’s not a lot of story in the pages, but rather a situational oddity of this little town where food fell from the sky.
Then I saw the movie, and I have to say that I was very impressed. The filmmakers added a feature-length story to the concept, rather than just padding out the original string of events, which is what happened with the relatively mediocre “The Polar Express.” With the feature film “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the movie became what the book could have been.
In the film, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) is a would-be inventor living in Swallow Falls, which is known for its sardines. Rather than working with his dad at the sardine shack, Flint wants to become a rock star scientists like Nikola Tesla. After a string of lousy inventions, Flint develops a machine that will turn water into food. When the machine is launched into the stratosphere during a freak accident, it starts to convert precipitation into food, which falls from the sky. This makes Flint one of the most popular guys in town... until things go horribly awry.
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