
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Taste attributes: animationcomedyfamilyadventurefastfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & varied
"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
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Details
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2009
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Animation
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











