Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Nostalgia Critic

Lord and Miller give their shot at a children's book classic. Does it have the laughs and imagination all these years later? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the 1978 children's book of the same name by Judi and Ron Barrett. The film was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller in their directorial debuts, and features the voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Benjamin Bratt, and Neil Patrick Harris.

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[ChannelAwesome]

Thoughts on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs? Like it? Love it? Meh it?

[alexhollon]

The last scene genuinely made me tear up just because of how clever it is. He can't always get the words out, but after letting his thoughts do the talking, the one thing he can still say is he loves him. That is so sweet and well written.

[kasbakgaming]

My absolute favorite moment out of this movie was him asking his dad to email the file. As someone with completely tech illiterate parents who grew up to work in IT for a bank, this felt like emotional validation.

[koneheadcolahead]

Another Fun Fact i love about this really well done animated film is: According to the director's commentary on the DVD, Earl was going to be a gym teacher and part-time cop. His profession was changed to a full-time cop only, but they kept the gym teacher's short shorts on him.

[cottoneyejoesfm]

This video made me realize that the nostalgia critic will never run out of material to review so long as movies are made because eventually everything becomes nostalgic.

[johnnysparkle]

Originally, instead of Flint going to the out-of-control FLDSMDFR, the mayor shot it out of the sky, and it fell into the ocean, creating a huge monster made entirely out of food. This was cut due to the resulting monster being too similar to one in another film that had just been released in early 2009. Smaller food monsters would eventually appear in the sequel.

[rexusthevaliant]

I die at that "snowball" fight every time. I spend minutes laughing with legit tears in my eyes. It's just so sudden and he obliterates those kids.

[averymerrick]

Brent tossing away his diaper is symbolic of him liberating himself of his former image...and then you realize he's naked inside a giant chicken. Think about it from the chicken's point of view: It eats something (Brent) which then begins wearing it as a suit, controlling its every action — and it's presumably still alive and conscious, but helpless, from that point forward... A fate worse than death indeed!

[gokuxsephiroth]

Honestly, some of the background gags are so funny. Like how Sam's assistant, Manny was a doctor, a pilot and so many amazing things before he became a camera man in America, or how the TV with legs is just running around still, causing chaos

[koneheadcolahead]

Another interesting fact about this film is: To make the sound of falling hamburgers, sound officials used wet rags and slapped them on wood. Snapping celery was used to make the sound of bones breaking.

[Zthewise]

It's a small thing, but the fact Lincoln gets hit in the back of the head with the giant pie is a chef's kiss level of detail.

[MrWaspMan]

This movie is amazing. Hilarious and heartwarming with some of the most quotable lines in animation.

[georgeeastwood]

Tim (Flint’s dad) has one of the best designs for a animated character, he looks like he just has eyebrows instead of eyes. He really should do business with Massimo (the one-armed fisherman from “Luca”) as they look similar & BOTH are fishermen. I’m surprised that Doug didn’t make any comparisons, or even make any sex jokes related to fishing (you can surprisingly get a lot of them).

I honestly would KILL for an animated Christmas movie where Santa Claus looks like them, with eyebrows instead of eyes!

[koneheadcolahead]

You know for a non Disney film this really blew me away for how smooth and well done the animation is, and it really shows any big time company can make Animation work if you do it well.

[NightoftheLivingcookies]

There are also some hilarious background gags you don’t catch on a first viewing

*The text at the bottom of the news screen is a riot and you need to pause the movie to read it

*Flint’s living TV popping up in the background several times as it’s own character (even stealing a human from the tv store during the food storm)

*Pretty much everything Steve does in the background

*The guy who gets a macaroni stuck on his head faces backwards in crowd shots in every scene after he’s shown

*England’s sky going gray and dull even after the food storm

*Earl the cop making a huge T shaped hole in the nacho he jumps through while rescuing his family

[michaelmemmott]

If I want to make my sister bust out laughing no matter how serious the situation I just say "you are about to be crushed by a giant corn" I love this movie. It doesn't go over the top with the meta, ironic, humor like it's sequel. I think it's just wonderfully creative despite it's cliches

[thesapphireone]

The whole point of the glasses and scrunchie scene was more than just a “funny twist”, it was there to show that Flint, due to similar bullying when he was a child, is the first person to empathise and accept Sam, not just for her looks, but also encouraging her self-esteem, passion for science, and loved her for who she is. And when I was a kid, I always despised the “You’re actually really beautiful, just take off those lame glasses, be hot enough, and men will fall for you”, but here, that scene subverting the cliche was uplifting and surprisingly poignant.

On the same note, Brent didn’t just come along at the end for the sake of it, he chose to because it’s shown throughout the movie that he felt insecure over losing his job and popularity, causing him to lose his sense of self-worth, until Earl’s speech calling out the town for being so greedy and selfish, humbling Brent, who decides to find his own identity, and help out, ultimately becoming Chicken Brent, turning a 1-dimensional bully into a selfless, kind courageous hero.

[yakunohayashi]

Everyting that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller touch (whether as directors, writers and producers) is pure gold. They are in my opinion one the greatest duos in cinema

[blackrbryan]

Let’s not ignore the fact that the music in this movie is incredible. It’s so filled with magic and fantasy to assist the story and it’s so pretty.

[theodoro]

_When animated movies have food looking more delicious than IRL_