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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
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66 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 101 Ratings

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  • Starring: Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell
  • Summary: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will be the most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain. Flint Lockwood is a young inventor who dreams of creates something that he hopes will improve everyone's life. At the very least, it has a drastic effect on the weather. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 24
  3. Negative: 1 out of 24
  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    80
    Very likely the most fun your family will have this month.
  2. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Nick Schager
    60
    The year's 3-D deluge continues: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is an amusingly loopy kids' meal about a small-town inventor.
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Amy Biancolli
    25
    A dead-serious piece of activist filmmaking.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 52
  3. Negative: 5 out of 52
  1. grandpajoe6191
    8
    "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" doesn't take itself too seriously, but childishly. But the film uses it with pure love and joy, which makes it hilarious and entertaining.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes
  2. KennethS.
    5
    The animation is pretty good, but not state-of-the art, and there are some funny moments in the story. The whole thing reminded me of SpongeBob, only with a more ridiculous and cliched plot.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. StephanieJ.
    2
    Not for little girls with glasses. My 5 year old gained a mean-life lesson in Hollywood stereotypes -- girls who wear glasses are "nerds", "unappealing" and "four-eyed" during her supposed-to-be-fun movie experience last night. Are there any other disabilities we'd like to mock?… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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