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Mark MothersbaughCast:
Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Lauren Graham, Will Forte (more)VOD (3)
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Since childhood, Flint Lockwood has dreamed of inventing something that would make a difference in people's lives. Unfortunately, all of his absurd inventions (including spray-on shoes, hair unbalder, and monkey thought translator) have ended in trouble for him, his parents, and his hometown of Swallow Falls. But the ceaseless optimist has never given up on his lifelong goal and now, his latest invention - a machine that makes awesome food rain from the sky - actually works and changes the lives of everyone in his small town. Flint is ecstatic, but there's still a nagging suspicion that something, as always, will go wrong... (official distributor synopsis)
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After a drawn out and very uninteresting opening, the whole narrative flips to a more personal level, where the best moment by far is Flint and Sam bonding and overcoming their childhood traumas together. It's certainly got a novel story and a decent momentum in its second half, but the exposition is so dull and drawn out that it ultimately falls into that sort of broader average among cartoons. [55%]
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Animated films are usually made by people who have imagination and that's why people enjoy them... it's no different with Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Great story, nice characters... so a nice fairy tale not only for kids. It is true that a little more humor wouldn’t hurt... that's why the 4 stars.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs impresses with its novel premise with food, but it is all wrapped in clichéd filler that that at times overcomes the premise. It's a shame they kept a low profile with the humour – the dad (and his eyebrows) and the monkey (with his fetish for moustaches) were amusing, but I still felt more could have been made of it. The film's action line worked quite well, whether it was a spaghetti tornado, escaping a breached food dam or saving the world, and at times the film evoked an animated version of an Emmerich disaster blockbuster. It's a shame about the wasted potential, though.
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It is not exceptional, but it certainly is an above-average animated film about the fact that greed is harmful. In addition to the standard motif of parent-child relationships, about loving each other, respecting each other, and helping each other, it is a film about a consumerist world based on seemingly unrestricted consumption. The film has pace, plenty of crazy jokes, and it's original and supplemented with many references to famous films of the past. An experienced viewer will of course recognize the motif of the Death Star from Star Wars or the camera from the alien war machine from Spielberg's War of the Worlds. Overall impression: 75%. Unfortunately, the film suffers from the typical flaw of American animated blockbusters - its message must be formulated in a way that is understandable to as many people as possible. Some gags are too straightforward and there are so many jokes that the viewer is flooded with them and cannot enjoy them in certain moments...
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For Somalis a provocation, for anorexics a nightmare, for the consumer society a tease and for me, after a long time, finally an animated film that is properly swinging, has an imaginative style (even if technically it lags behind its counterparts) and is brimming with ideas. Basically, and Aardman film, but without Aardman.
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