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xiayun
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 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Quote: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 computer-animated film, produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures, loosely based on the children's book of the same name by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett. It was released on September 18, 2009.
The film features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Bruce Campbell, James Caan, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte. It was written and directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who both are best known for the animated TV series Clone High.
The film is presented in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio and is shown in 3D in select theaters using RealD Cinema, Dolby 3D, and IMAX 3D systems.
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Chippy
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs LOVED IT!
It was hilarious. The animation looked fabulous. It had some great characters. And STEVE!
***.5/****
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Reminds me why do I love Pixar so much.
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MovieDude
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs What a terrific year for sci-fi this has been! And if Where the Wild Things Are and The Fantastic Mr. Fox's trailers are any indications, 2009 will have also been kind towards children's books. Here we're treated to:
- a terrific voice cast (Bill Hader, Anna Faris, Neal Patrick Harris, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt)
- great use of 3-D - there's a truly spectacular scene where Flint runs through the town, into a spaghetti tornado, and down to his house in a moment that recalls Children of Men's beloved seven minute shot.
- an endlessly witty script that packs every scene chock full of gags that work.
and the end product is a comedy that rivals this year's terrific Pixar offering. This is Dreamworks-style self awareness that's witty and refreshing, not grating and tired.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs What a charmer! CWACOM unexpectedly exceeded my expectations - - I never expected that!!! The central story was nicely done. No miracles of originality, but played just right. The characters and their voices were great (Hooray for Anna Faris! ...not to forget Mr. T, NPH, and James Caan...). The animation itself was great, the food imagery lent itself perfectly to the cgi technique. I saw it in 3D (against my better judgement) and it added nothing to this particular film - - in future I am going to insist on 2D screenings of this kind of movie. One of my favorite aspects of CWACOM was the plethora of background and sotto voce jokes inserted everywhere. This is one of those movies that you could watch a dozen times on DVD and still be picking out hidden laughs! A fine, fine film, and a strong contender for my favorite non-Pixar animated movie of 2009...      out of
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MovieDude
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs I'm his metaphorical father!
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs A great film.
Funny, entertaining, ridiculous, just campy enough to set it apart from typical animated comedies, but not too over the top. It was really quite beautiful to watch, and I felt the 3D actually, despite being gimmicky and basic, was quite noticeable and often impressive.
8/10.
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jmovies
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a wonderful joyride from start to finish. The plot of the story is brought to beautiful light on screen and done so in such a way that there is no way one can not have atleast some fun with what is going on. The film is filled with plenty of comedy with the highlights coming from the monkey Steve. The animation is beautiful and its nice for a smaller animation studio like Sony Animation to peek in and make a mark every once and a while. It's a 90-minute joyride for sure. ***
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Jesus Christ
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs klau die!
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Giant CG food fucking my eyeballs + fun story + cute characters = potential best animated film of last year (since MvA/Mary and Max come insanely close). I couldn't grade it any higher because the jokes dragged at times and the police guy was just unfunny. Seriously though, this is the greatest time I had looking at a CG cartoon's visuals since Nemo and WALL•E.
B+
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Re: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 8/10 -> B
A pretty funny and charming movie.
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