Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Film200990 min

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Taste attributes: animationcomedyfamilyadventurefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & varied

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"Prepare to get served."

Boxlist takeGood-natured and breezy: a heightened animated family film, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Pace: very fast · Originality: fresh · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

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What lines up

  • Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy
  • Wholesomeness: Wholesome, where this profile leans unsavoury

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Synopsis

Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?

Synopsis: TMDB

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Cast

Bill HaderAnna FarisJames CaanAndy SambergBruce Campbell

Details

Genre
Animation
Year
2009
Runtime
90 min
Status
Released
Studio
Sony Pictures Animation
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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