Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 American computer-animated
family
comedy film
, produced by Sony Pictures Animation
, distributed by Columbia Pictures
, and released on September 18, 2009. The film is loosely based on the children's book of the same name
by Judi
and Ron Barrett
.
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 Christopher Miller, who both are best known for the animated TV series, Clone High
, which starred Forte.
), suffers an economic downturn after the demand for sardines plummets ("everyone in the world realized that sardines are super gross"). Now stuck with their supply, sardines became the sole food in Swallow Falls. The audience is introduced to Flint Lockwood, (Bill Hader
) a scientist whose inventions, beginning as a child (Max Neuwirth), have all ended in disaster, most notably his "spray-on shoes" which never dissolve, and which he is forced to wear for the rest of his life. Flint's latest invention, Flint Lockwood's Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (or the FLDSMDFR, which several characters unsuccessfully try to pronounce), is a device which mutates water molecules into food; he hopes that it will end the town's sardine dependency, but his home does not have enough power to make it work.
Meanwhile, he is forced by his unsupportive and technophobic father, Tim (James Caan
), who cannot speak his mind to his son, instead relying on confusing fishing metaphors, to work at Tim's Bait and Tackle shop. Flint sneaks out while his father is at the unveiling of Sardine Land, a new tourist attraction created by Mayor Shelbourne (Bruce Campbell
) and "Baby" Brent (Andy Samberg
), the town's immature mascot. Flint, along with his pet monkey, Steve, who speaks through a "monkey-thought translator" (Neil Patrick Harris
), travel to the town's power station and Flint hooks up the FLDSMDFR to the station. However, the machine absorbs so much power that it rockets off to the stratosphere and destroys Sardine Land. Flint hides under a ladder in the docks, he hears footsteps and meets Sam Sparks (Anna Faris
), an intern whose chance to get famous reporting the weather was ruined by Flint's accident. The two witness giant purple clouds raining cheeseburgers over Swallow Falls; Sam reports the events and mentions Flint is responsible. Flint becomes famous, with new foods raining down daily. The greedy Mayor Shelbourne convinces Flint to rain food three meals a day every day for a month, turning Swallow Falls into a new tourist attraction, going as far as to rename the town "Chewandswallow".
Flint is becoming increasingly popular as the town is rebuilt around the food weather, while the leftovers are scooped up into a catapult
-like machine and flung out of the town, piling up in a small valley outside. The huge pile of food is called "Mt. Leftovers", and it is dammed up
to prevent it from spilling onto Chewandswallow. To make sure the FLDSMDFR doesn't become overworked, Flint has installed a remote transmitter in his lab with a monitor in the form of a "Dangeromitor" gauge with a green "Safe" zone, a yellow "Danger" zone, and a red "Critical" zone.
During the week before the grand reopening, the town cop, Earl Devareaux (Mr. T
), requests an ice cream snow day for his son Cal's (Bobb'e J. Thompson) birthday. By this time the FLDSMDFR has begun to enter the yellow danger zone, indicating that it may become hard to control. Flint and Sam grow closer the day before the grand reopening in a giant Jell-o
mold that he made for her. That night, Flint invites his father to dinner as a VIP at a roofless restaurant in order to impress him with his new success. Tim instead questions the wisdom of an endless supply of food, pointing out that the steaks raining from the sky are unusually large, but Flint dismisses his concerns and storms off angrily. Later, Flint notices that the hot dogs falling from the sky that night are absolutely enormous, and heads to his lab to investigate. He deduces that the machine is becoming unstable and tries to shut it off. The Mayor, now morbidly obese
and having to move with a scooter
, shows up, and convinces Flint that keeping the machine running despite it being overworked is the only way people will like him. At the Mayor's request, Flint orders spaghetti and meatballs
for the Chewandswallow tourist attraction opening the next day.
The next day, tourists from around the world are arriving. Sam, who discovered that a food storm will hit Chewandswallow, tries to warn Flint about the storm that is approaching, but he does not listen to her. After Flint cuts the ribbon, a spaghetti tornado
destroys half the town. Sam rejects Flint for not believing her, and Flint returns to his lab to turn off the machine, but finds the Mayor placing a huge order for lunch. Flint tries to send a "kill code" to the FLDSMDFR to deactivate it permanently, but is thwarted by the Major; instead the communication device for the FLDSMDFR is destroyed, making it impossible to ever turn the machine off. Dismayed, Flint asks the Mayor what he ordered, and the Mayor, also dismayed, says "A Vegas
style all you can eat buffet
." Earl's son, Cal passes out due to excessive consumption of junk food, and Sam's cameraman Manny (Benjamin Bratt
) cures him, since he was a doctor in Guatemala
. Sam patches through to the network to warn the world of the impending storm which will blanket the globe in gigantic food. Flint decides that he really is a failure, but his father reassures him that his late mother would be proud. Flint redesigns a previously failed Flying Car and uploads the kill code into a flash drive
and heads to the center of the food storm. He encounters the townspeople turning against him, blaming him for what has happened, but Earl arrives to the rescue, stating that the mess would've never happened if Flint wasn't pushed to make so much food for the whole town (especially for the Mayor). The citizens and remaining tourists agree with Earl, who then orders them to build sandwich boats to escape into the ocean, while Flint, along with Steve, Sam, Brent, and Manny (who is also a pilot), flies up into the stratosphere to destroy the FLDSMDFR. The Mayor steals one of the sandwich boats and gets a head start while eating it at the same time, leaving the citizens on their own.
Nearing the location of the FLDSMDFR, Flint and the others find that it is inside in a giant "meatball" composed various foods. They are attacked by sentient food that has been genetically altered
to protect the FLDSMDFR. After they escape mutant pizza
, the flash drive containing the kill code flies out the window. Flint, Sam, and Brent enter the meatball and make their way towards the FLDSMDFR while Flint calls his father and asks him to email the kill code from his lab computer to his cell phone. As Tim, who is completely unfamiliar with technology, struggles to send Flint the kill code, the dam holding back Mt. Leftovers gives way and food covers the town. However, Tim survives the "foodalanche" and sends the email. The food storm begins to cover the world, destroying famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower
and the Great Wall of China
with giant food. In the sky, Brent, now inside a man-sized sentient chicken, holds off several other mutant chickens while Sam, attempting to save Flint, suffers an allergic reaction from a peanut allergy
after being cut by a shard of razor-sharp peanut brittle. Sam and Flint reveal their true feelings for each other and Flint descends into the heart of the meatball alone.
At the center of the meatball, Flint discovers the rogue FLDSMDFR, and sees that it has redesigned itself to expel huge amounts of gigantic food. He plugs in his phone and finds that his father has erroneously sent a popular Internet video of kittens singing "Fight the Power
." The machine starts shooting food at Flint. As the machine prepares to expel another blast of giant food, Flint uses his impervious Spray-On Shoes formula to block the spout, causing the FLDSMDFR and the meatball to explode. The giant food clouds around the world inexplicably disappear, and Sam, Brent, Steve, and Manny manage to land safely. Although the citizens of Chewandswallow assume Flint was killed in the explosion, it is quickly revealed that he has been saved by a flock of grateful ratbirds (a failed genetics experiment of his that bred at a surprising rate). Tim is finally able to express his love and admiration for his son by using Steve's monkey-thought translator, and Sam and Flint kiss. The Mayor is lost in the sea, having eaten the boat that would have saved his life.
In the end credits, shown using a different animation style than the rest of the movie, the town is re-named Chewandswallow 2. The famous worldwide landmarks are rebuilt using leftover giant food, except for London
, which remains as gloomy looking as it was before. Flint and Tim are shown opening a business using the Spray-On Shoes formula as roof sealant. As for the Mayor, he is retrieved, deflated to normal size, and arrested by Earl and Cal for his actions.
announced its first animated slate, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, a film adaptation of the book
. The Brizzi brothers were brought to direct the film, with Wayne Rice adapting the screenplay. In 2006, it was reported that the film had been helmed by new directors and writers, Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
On September 18, 2008, Variety
announced that Bill Hader and Anna Faris had signed on to voice the two lead characters, with James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte also in the voice cast.
Co-writers and co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller said later that year that it would be a homage to, and a parody of, disaster films such as Twister, Armageddon, The Core
, and The Day After Tomorrow
.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is the second film (after Monster House
) made using animation rendering software, Arnold, and the open source
image toolkit OpenImageIO
.
in 3-D, released March 27. The second trailer was released on July 1, 2009 with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
in 2-D and 3-D. The film released on September 18, 2009 in the US and in Japan on September 19, 2009.
The film's second trailer and some of its commercials feature Journey
's "Any Way You Want It
" and Europe
's "The Final Countdown
". For the Japan
ese release, Shoko Nakagawa
performed a song titled "Rainbow Forecast" for the film, released on her single "Arigatō no Egao".
and Blu-ray
on January 5, 2010. A 3-D Blu-ray is both as a Sony exclusive and retail on June 22, 2010.
reported that 86% of critics gave positive reviews based on 130 reviews (112 "Fresh", 18 "Rotten") with an average score of 7.3/10. Another review aggretator, Metacritic
, which normalizes a rating from mainstream critics, gave the film an approval rating of 66 based on 24 reviews.
Ernest Hardy of LA Weekly
stated the film "is smart, insightful on a host of relationship dynamics, and filled with fast-paced action." Hardy also applauded the 3-D effects which "are wonderful, full of witty sight gags that play out both center-screen and on the periphery." Michael Phillips
of the Chicago Tribune
gave the film a mixed review stating that "Crazy doesn't always equal funny, and the gigantism of this 3-D offering's second half puts a damper on your enjoyment. But look: This film wasn't made for you, or me. It was made for dangerously, easily distracted 9-year-olds." Kyle Smith
of the New York Post
gave the film two stars stating that the animated film "greatly expands on the kids' book on which it's based in a clever and engaging first half. But the second half leaves a foul aftertaste." Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media
gave the film a negative review (2 out of 5 stars), saying that the "age-appropriate 3-D food adventure doesn't fully satisfy."
on PlayStation 3
, Xbox 360
, Wii
, Nintendo DS
, PlayStation Portable
and Microsoft Windows
in September 2009.
reported that there is a sequel in production.
John Francis Daley
and Jonathan Goldstein
, the writers of Horrible Bosses
and Burt Wonderstone are writing a draft of the script, which will be based on an original idea, and not on Pickles to Pittsburgh, Barrett
's follow-up book. It was also reported that the original directors Lord and Miller are not returning to direct the sequel.
Computer animation
Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images....
family
Family film
A family film is a film genre that is designed to appeal to a variety of age groups and, thus, families.In December 2005, Steven Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial came first in a poll of the 100 Greatest Family Films. The genre today generates billions of dollars per annum.Family...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
, produced by Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation is an American computer-animated film production company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded in May 2002. It is working closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks, which takes care of the digital production...
, distributed by Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
, and released on September 18, 2009. The film is loosely based on the children's book of the same name
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by the Simon & Schuster imprint Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Paperbacks...
by Judi
Judi Barrett
Judi Barrett is an author of several picture books, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing...
and Ron Barrett
Ron Barrett
Ron Barrett is a cartoonist and artist best known for illustrating Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. He is a graduate of the High School of Industrial Art, now the High School of Art and Design, in New York City. While still in high school he was an apprentice in the studio of Lucian Bernhard, the...
.
The film features the voices of Bill Hader
Bill Hader
William "Bill" Hader is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a creative consultant on the hit show South Park and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for his supporting roles in comedy films such as Superbad, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder,...
, Anna Faris
Anna Faris
Anna Kay Faris is an American actress, singer and comedienne. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick , Lost in Translation , Just Friends , My Super Ex-Girlfriend , Smiley Face , and The House Bunny...
, Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
, James Caan
James Caan
James Caan is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, Elf, and El Dorado...
, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg is an American actor, comedian, rapper and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live...
, Mr. T
Mr. T
Mr. T is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry,...
, Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, and Piñero.-Early life:Bratt was born in San Francisco, California,...
, Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, director, and magician.Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold...
, Al Roker
Al Roker
Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays...
, Lauren Graham
Lauren Graham
Lauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
, and Will Forte
Will Forte
Orville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte , is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber.-Early life:Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of...
. It was written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who both are best known for the animated TV series, Clone High
Clone High
Clone High is a Canadian-American animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon....
, which starred Forte.
Plot
The town of Swallow Falls, located on a tiny island hidden under the “A” in "Atlantic" on the world map (corresponding to the real-life location of BermudaBermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
), suffers an economic downturn after the demand for sardines plummets ("everyone in the world realized that sardines are super gross"). Now stuck with their supply, sardines became the sole food in Swallow Falls. The audience is introduced to Flint Lockwood, (Bill Hader
Bill Hader
William "Bill" Hader is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a creative consultant on the hit show South Park and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for his supporting roles in comedy films such as Superbad, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder,...
) a scientist whose inventions, beginning as a child (Max Neuwirth), have all ended in disaster, most notably his "spray-on shoes" which never dissolve, and which he is forced to wear for the rest of his life. Flint's latest invention, Flint Lockwood's Diatomic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator (or the FLDSMDFR, which several characters unsuccessfully try to pronounce), is a device which mutates water molecules into food; he hopes that it will end the town's sardine dependency, but his home does not have enough power to make it work.
Meanwhile, he is forced by his unsupportive and technophobic father, Tim (James Caan
James Caan
James Caan is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, Elf, and El Dorado...
), who cannot speak his mind to his son, instead relying on confusing fishing metaphors, to work at Tim's Bait and Tackle shop. Flint sneaks out while his father is at the unveiling of Sardine Land, a new tourist attraction created by Mayor Shelbourne (Bruce Campbell
Bruce Campbell
Bruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
) and "Baby" Brent (Andy Samberg
Andy Samberg
David Andrew "Andy" Samberg is an American actor, comedian, rapper and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live...
), the town's immature mascot. Flint, along with his pet monkey, Steve, who speaks through a "monkey-thought translator" (Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, director, and magician.Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold...
), travel to the town's power station and Flint hooks up the FLDSMDFR to the station. However, the machine absorbs so much power that it rockets off to the stratosphere and destroys Sardine Land. Flint hides under a ladder in the docks, he hears footsteps and meets Sam Sparks (Anna Faris
Anna Faris
Anna Kay Faris is an American actress, singer and comedienne. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick , Lost in Translation , Just Friends , My Super Ex-Girlfriend , Smiley Face , and The House Bunny...
), an intern whose chance to get famous reporting the weather was ruined by Flint's accident. The two witness giant purple clouds raining cheeseburgers over Swallow Falls; Sam reports the events and mentions Flint is responsible. Flint becomes famous, with new foods raining down daily. The greedy Mayor Shelbourne convinces Flint to rain food three meals a day every day for a month, turning Swallow Falls into a new tourist attraction, going as far as to rename the town "Chewandswallow".
Flint is becoming increasingly popular as the town is rebuilt around the food weather, while the leftovers are scooped up into a catapult
Catapult
A catapult is a device used to throw or hurl a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices—particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines. Although the catapult has been used since ancient times, it has proven to be one of the most effective mechanisms during...
-like machine and flung out of the town, piling up in a small valley outside. The huge pile of food is called "Mt. Leftovers", and it is dammed up
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
to prevent it from spilling onto Chewandswallow. To make sure the FLDSMDFR doesn't become overworked, Flint has installed a remote transmitter in his lab with a monitor in the form of a "Dangeromitor" gauge with a green "Safe" zone, a yellow "Danger" zone, and a red "Critical" zone.
During the week before the grand reopening, the town cop, Earl Devareaux (Mr. T
Mr. T
Mr. T is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry,...
), requests an ice cream snow day for his son Cal's (Bobb'e J. Thompson) birthday. By this time the FLDSMDFR has begun to enter the yellow danger zone, indicating that it may become hard to control. Flint and Sam grow closer the day before the grand reopening in a giant Jell-o
Jell-O
Jell-O is a brand name belonging to U.S.-based Kraft Foods for a number of gelatin desserts, including fruit gels, puddings and no-bake cream pies. The brand's popularity has led to it being used as a generic term for gelatin dessert across the U.S. and Canada....
mold that he made for her. That night, Flint invites his father to dinner as a VIP at a roofless restaurant in order to impress him with his new success. Tim instead questions the wisdom of an endless supply of food, pointing out that the steaks raining from the sky are unusually large, but Flint dismisses his concerns and storms off angrily. Later, Flint notices that the hot dogs falling from the sky that night are absolutely enormous, and heads to his lab to investigate. He deduces that the machine is becoming unstable and tries to shut it off. The Mayor, now morbidly obese
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems...
and having to move with a scooter
Mobility scooter
A mobility scooter is a mobility aid equivalent to a wheelchair but configured like a motorscooter. It is often referred to as a power-operated vehicle/scooter or electric scooter as well.-Description:...
, shows up, and convinces Flint that keeping the machine running despite it being overworked is the only way people will like him. At the Mayor's request, Flint orders spaghetti and meatballs
Spaghetti and meatballs
Spaghetti with meatballs is a dish that usually consists of spaghetti, tomato sauce and meatballs.According to Food Network host and correspondent Alton Brown, early 20th-century Italian immigrants in New York City were the first to make it and the National Pasta Association was the...
for the Chewandswallow tourist attraction opening the next day.
The next day, tourists from around the world are arriving. Sam, who discovered that a food storm will hit Chewandswallow, tries to warn Flint about the storm that is approaching, but he does not listen to her. After Flint cuts the ribbon, a spaghetti tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
destroys half the town. Sam rejects Flint for not believing her, and Flint returns to his lab to turn off the machine, but finds the Mayor placing a huge order for lunch. Flint tries to send a "kill code" to the FLDSMDFR to deactivate it permanently, but is thwarted by the Major; instead the communication device for the FLDSMDFR is destroyed, making it impossible to ever turn the machine off. Dismayed, Flint asks the Mayor what he ordered, and the Mayor, also dismayed, says "A Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
style all you can eat buffet
Buffet
A buffet is a system of serving meals in which food is placed in a public area where the diners generally serve themselves. Buffets are offered at various places including hotels and many social events...
." Earl's son, Cal passes out due to excessive consumption of junk food, and Sam's cameraman Manny (Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt
Benjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, and Piñero.-Early life:Bratt was born in San Francisco, California,...
) cures him, since he was a doctor in Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. Sam patches through to the network to warn the world of the impending storm which will blanket the globe in gigantic food. Flint decides that he really is a failure, but his father reassures him that his late mother would be proud. Flint redesigns a previously failed Flying Car and uploads the kill code into a flash drive
USB flash drive
A flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus interface. flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g...
and heads to the center of the food storm. He encounters the townspeople turning against him, blaming him for what has happened, but Earl arrives to the rescue, stating that the mess would've never happened if Flint wasn't pushed to make so much food for the whole town (especially for the Mayor). The citizens and remaining tourists agree with Earl, who then orders them to build sandwich boats to escape into the ocean, while Flint, along with Steve, Sam, Brent, and Manny (who is also a pilot), flies up into the stratosphere to destroy the FLDSMDFR. The Mayor steals one of the sandwich boats and gets a head start while eating it at the same time, leaving the citizens on their own.
Nearing the location of the FLDSMDFR, Flint and the others find that it is inside in a giant "meatball" composed various foods. They are attacked by sentient food that has been genetically altered
Genetic engineering
Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology. It involves the introduction of foreign DNA or synthetic genes into the organism of interest...
to protect the FLDSMDFR. After they escape mutant pizza
Pizza
Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese and various toppings.Originating in Italy, from the Neapolitan cuisine, the dish has become popular in many parts of the world. An establishment that makes and sells pizzas is called a "pizzeria"...
, the flash drive containing the kill code flies out the window. Flint, Sam, and Brent enter the meatball and make their way towards the FLDSMDFR while Flint calls his father and asks him to email the kill code from his lab computer to his cell phone. As Tim, who is completely unfamiliar with technology, struggles to send Flint the kill code, the dam holding back Mt. Leftovers gives way and food covers the town. However, Tim survives the "foodalanche" and sends the email. The food storm begins to cover the world, destroying famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a puddle iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world...
and the Great Wall of China
Great Wall of China
The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built originally to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by various nomadic groups...
with giant food. In the sky, Brent, now inside a man-sized sentient chicken, holds off several other mutant chickens while Sam, attempting to save Flint, suffers an allergic reaction from a peanut allergy
Peanut allergy
Peanut allergy is a type of food allergy distinct from nut allergies. It is a type 1 hypersensitivity reaction to dietary substances from peanuts causing an overreaction of the immune system which in a small percentage of people may lead to severe physical symptoms. It is estimated to affect...
after being cut by a shard of razor-sharp peanut brittle. Sam and Flint reveal their true feelings for each other and Flint descends into the heart of the meatball alone.
At the center of the meatball, Flint discovers the rogue FLDSMDFR, and sees that it has redesigned itself to expel huge amounts of gigantic food. He plugs in his phone and finds that his father has erroneously sent a popular Internet video of kittens singing "Fight the Power
Fight the Power
"Fight the Power" is a single by American hip hop group Public Enemy. First released on the soundtrack for the film 1989 Do the Right Thing, a different version was released on the group's third studio album, Fear of a Black Planet . The single reached number one on Hot Rap Singles and number 20 on...
." The machine starts shooting food at Flint. As the machine prepares to expel another blast of giant food, Flint uses his impervious Spray-On Shoes formula to block the spout, causing the FLDSMDFR and the meatball to explode. The giant food clouds around the world inexplicably disappear, and Sam, Brent, Steve, and Manny manage to land safely. Although the citizens of Chewandswallow assume Flint was killed in the explosion, it is quickly revealed that he has been saved by a flock of grateful ratbirds (a failed genetics experiment of his that bred at a surprising rate). Tim is finally able to express his love and admiration for his son by using Steve's monkey-thought translator, and Sam and Flint kiss. The Mayor is lost in the sea, having eaten the boat that would have saved his life.
In the end credits, shown using a different animation style than the rest of the movie, the town is re-named Chewandswallow 2. The famous worldwide landmarks are rebuilt using leftover giant food, except for London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, which remains as gloomy looking as it was before. Flint and Tim are shown opening a business using the Spray-On Shoes formula as roof sealant. As for the Mayor, he is retrieved, deflated to normal size, and arrested by Earl and Cal for his actions.
Cast
- Bill HaderBill HaderWilliam "Bill" Hader is an American actor, comedian, producer and writer. He is best known for his work as a creative consultant on the hit show South Park and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and for his supporting roles in comedy films such as Superbad, Hot Rod, Tropic Thunder,...
as Flint Lockwood, an inventor. Max Neuwirth voices the younger Flint. Hader also did the voice of the "FLDSMDFR" machine. - Anna FarisAnna FarisAnna Kay Faris is an American actress, singer and comedienne. She is known for her starring role in the Scary Movie film series, as well as roles in The Hot Chick , Lost in Translation , Just Friends , My Super Ex-Girlfriend , Smiley Face , and The House Bunny...
as Samantha "Sam" Sparks, a weather intern from New York CityNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and Flint's love interest. - Neil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick HarrisNeil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer, director, and magician.Prominent roles of his career include the title role in Doogie Howser, M.D., Colonel Carl Jenkins in Starship Troopers, the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold...
as Steve the Monkey, Flint's pet monkeyMonkeyA monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
who communicates using a Speak and Spell monkey thought translator. - James CaanJames CaanJames Caan is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, Elf, and El Dorado...
as Tim Lockwood, Flint's technophobicTechnophobiaTechnophobia is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. tech·no·pho·bi·a n. Fear of or aversion to technology, especially computers and high technology. -Related forms: tech'no·phobe' n., tech'no·pho'bic adj."— "tech·no·pho·bi·a - Show Spelled...
father. - Bruce CampbellBruce CampbellBruce Lorne Campbell is an American film and television actor. As a cult movie actor, Campbell starred as Ashley J. "Ash" Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L.A. and Sundown:...
as Mayor Shelbourne, the gluttonous, egotistical mayor of Swallow Falls. - Andy SambergAndy SambergDavid Andrew "Andy" Samberg is an American actor, comedian, rapper and writer best known as a member of the comedy group The Lonely Island and as a cast member on Saturday Night Live...
as Brent McHale, an infamous celebrity mascot of Baby Brent's SardineSardineSardines, or pilchards, are several types of small, oily fish related to herrings, family Clupeidae. Sardines are named after the Mediterranean island of Sardinia, around which they were once abundant....
s. - Mr. TMr. TMr. T is an American actor known for his roles as B. A. Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer Clubber Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his appearances as a professional wrestler. Mr. T is known for his trademark African Mandinka warrior hairstyle, his gold jewelry,...
as Officer Earl Devereaux, the town's athletic cop who is very loving to his son. - Bobb'e J. Thompson as Calvin Devereaux, Earl's son.
- Benjamin BrattBenjamin BrattBenjamin Bratt is an American actor. He is most famous for his role as Rey Curtis on the TV series Law & Order; and his appearances in the movies Blood in Blood Out, Miss Congeniality, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Traffic, and Piñero.-Early life:Bratt was born in San Francisco, California,...
as Manny, Sam's GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
n cameraman and a former doctorPhysicianA physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, pilotAviatorAn aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
, and comedianComedianA comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
. - Al RokerAl RokerAlbert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays...
as Patrick Patrickson, the anchorman of the weather station. - Lauren GrahamLauren GrahamLauren Helen Graham is an American actress and producer. She is best known for playing Lorelai Gilmore on the WB Network dramedy series Gilmore Girls and Sarah Braverman on Parenthood.-Early life:...
as Frances Lockwood, Flint's mother who always believed in her son. She died ten years before Flint invented the FLDSMDFR. - Will ForteWill ForteOrville Willis Forte IV, better known as Will Forte , is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and writer best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 2002–2010 and for starring in the SNL spin-off film MacGruber.-Early life:Forte was born in Alameda County, California, the son of...
as Joseph Towne, a redneckRedneckRedneck is a historically derogatory slang term used in reference to poor, uneducated white farmers, especially from the southern United States...
citizen of Chewandswallow.
Production
On May 9, 2003, a year after establishment, Sony Pictures AnimationSony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation is an American computer-animated film production company owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, founded in May 2002. It is working closely with Sony Pictures Imageworks, which takes care of the digital production...
announced its first animated slate, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, a film adaptation of the book
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a children's book written by Judi Barrett and illustrated by Ron Barrett. It was first published in 1978 by the Simon & Schuster imprint Atheneum Books, followed by a 1982 trade paperback edition from sister company Aladdin Paperbacks...
. The Brizzi brothers were brought to direct the film, with Wayne Rice adapting the screenplay. In 2006, it was reported that the film had been helmed by new directors and writers, Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
On September 18, 2008, Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
announced that Bill Hader and Anna Faris had signed on to voice the two lead characters, with James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, and Will Forte also in the voice cast.
Co-writers and co-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller said later that year that it would be a homage to, and a parody of, disaster films such as Twister, Armageddon, The Core
The Core
The Core is a 2003 American disaster film loosely based on the novel Core by Paul Preuss. It concerns a team that has to drill to the center of the Earth and set off a series of nuclear explosions in order to restart the rotation of Earth's core...
, and The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow is a 2004 American science-fiction disaster film that depicts the catastrophic effects of global warming in a series of extreme weather events that usher in global cooling which leads to a new ice age. The film did well at the box office, grossing $542,771,772 internationally...
.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is the second film (after Monster House
Monster House (film)
Monster House is a 2006 computer animated motion capture horror/comedy film produced by ImageMovers and Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Executive produced by Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg, this is the first time since Back to the Future Part III that they have...
) made using animation rendering software, Arnold, and the open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
image toolkit OpenImageIO
OpenImageIO
OpenImageIO is an open source library for reading and writing images. Support for different images format are realised through plugins. Project is distributed on modified BSD license.- History :...
.
Marketing and release
The first trailer was released online on March 18, 2009 and premiered with Monsters vs. AliensMonsters vs. Aliens
Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
in 3-D, released March 27. The second trailer was released on July 1, 2009 with Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, also known as Ice Age 3, is a 2009 3-D computer animated film. It is the third installment of the Ice Age series, produced by Blue Sky Studios and distributed by 20th Century Fox...
in 2-D and 3-D. The film released on September 18, 2009 in the US and in Japan on September 19, 2009.
The film's second trailer and some of its commercials feature Journey
Journey (band)
Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco by former members of Santana. The band has gone through several phases; its strongest commercial success occurred between the 1978 and 1987, after which it temporarily disbanded...
's "Any Way You Want It
Any Way You Want It
"Any Way You Want It" is a popular song performed by Journey released on the album Departure as the opening track, as a single in 1980 and was rerecorded with Arnel Pineda and Deen Castronovo for their 2008 album Revelation. The song was written by frontman Steve Perry and guitarist Neal Schon....
" and Europe
Europe (band)
Europe is a Swedish rock band formed in Upplands Väsby in 1979 under the name Force by vocalist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum and drummer Tony Reno. Although widely associated with glam metal, the band's sound incorporates heavy metal and hard rock elements...
's "The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (song)
"The Final Countdown" is a rock song by the Swedish band Europe released in 1986. Written by Joey Tempest, it was the first single from the band's third studio album which was also named The Final Countdown. It is considered by some to be the band's most recognizable and popular song. The song...
". For the Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese release, Shoko Nakagawa
Shoko Nakagawa
is a Japanese idol, tarento, actress, voice actress, illustrator, and singer. She is best known as the presenter of Pokémon Sunday. She is the daughter of Katsuhiko Nakagawa, a celebrity in Japan in the 1980s....
performed a song titled "Rainbow Forecast" for the film, released on her single "Arigatō no Egao".
Home media
The film was released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and Blu-ray
Blu-ray Disc
Blu-ray Disc is an optical disc storage medium designed to supersede the DVD format. The plastic disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, the same size as DVDs and CDs. Blu-ray Discs contain 25 GB per layer, with dual layer discs being the norm for feature-length video discs...
on January 5, 2010. A 3-D Blu-ray is both as a Sony exclusive and retail on June 22, 2010.
Critical response
The film has received favorable reviews from critics. Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
reported that 86% of critics gave positive reviews based on 130 reviews (112 "Fresh", 18 "Rotten") with an average score of 7.3/10. Another review aggretator, Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
, which normalizes a rating from mainstream critics, gave the film an approval rating of 66 based on 24 reviews.
Ernest Hardy of LA Weekly
LA Weekly
LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas...
stated the film "is smart, insightful on a host of relationship dynamics, and filled with fast-paced action." Hardy also applauded the 3-D effects which "are wonderful, full of witty sight gags that play out both center-screen and on the periphery." Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips (critic)
Michael Phillips is a film critic for the Chicago Tribune newspaper. Previously he was the drama critic of the Tribune; the Los Angeles Times; the St. Paul Pioneer Press; the San Diego Union-Tribune; and the Dallas Times Herald....
of the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
gave the film a mixed review stating that "Crazy doesn't always equal funny, and the gigantism of this 3-D offering's second half puts a damper on your enjoyment. But look: This film wasn't made for you, or me. It was made for dangerously, easily distracted 9-year-olds." Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith
Kyle Smith is an American critic, novelist and essayist. He is a staff film critic for the New York Post. His film reviewing style has been called "an exercise in hilarious hostility" by Entertainment Weekly....
of the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
gave the film two stars stating that the animated film "greatly expands on the kids' book on which it's based in a clever and engaging first half. But the second half leaves a foul aftertaste." Sandie Angulo Chen of Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media , commonly known as CSM, is a San Francisco-based non-profit organization which serves as a guide for parents that has reviews for most media types, including books, movies, video games, music, and websites, and rates them in terms of violence, sex, and profanity. The website...
gave the film a negative review (2 out of 5 stars), saying that the "age-appropriate 3-D food adventure doesn't fully satisfy."
Box office
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was a box office success. The film earned $8,137,358 on its opening Friday, and ranked #1 at the box office with a total of $30,304,648 for the first weekend. On its second weekend, it remained at #1 with a decrease of only 17 percent. It currently holds the record for third largest-opening weekend in the month of September. It has made a worldwide total of $243 million.Accolades
| Group | Category | Recipient | Result |
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| Annie Awards 37th Annie Awards The 37th Annual Annie Awards, honoring the best in animation for 2009, were held on February 6, 2010 at Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California.-Best Animated Feature:*Up*Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs*Coraline*Fantastic Mr... |
Animated Effects | Tom Kluyskens | |
| Best Animated Feature Annie Award for Best Animated Feature The Annie Award for Best Animated Feature is an Annie Award, awarded annually to the best animated feature film and introduced in 1992. In 1998 the award was renamed Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature, only to be reverted back to its original title again in 2001... |
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| Directing in a Feature Production | Phil Lord and Chris Miller Phil Lord and Chris Miller Phil Lord and Chris Miller are a American film and television writers, producers, directors and actors. Lord and Miller met each other while at Dartmouth College... |
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| Writing in a Feature Production | Phil Lord and Chris Miller | ||
| Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2009 The 15th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on Friday, January 15, 2010 at the Hollywood Palladium to honour the finest achievements in 2009 film-making, on January 15, 2010 on VH1... |
Best Animated Feature | ||
| Golden Globe Awards 67th Golden Globe Awards The 67th Golden Globe Awards was telecasted live from the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday, January 17, 2010 by NBC, from 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM and 8:00PM – 11:00 PM . The ceremonies were hosted by Ricky Gervais, and were broadcast live for the first time.Nominations were... |
Best Animated Feature Film Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film The Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film was awarded for the first time at the 64th Golden Globe Awards in 2007. It was the first time that the Golden Globe Awards had created a separate category for animated films since its establishment. The nominations are announced in January and... |
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| Satellite Awards Satellite Awards 2009 The 2009 Satellite Awards, honoring the year's outstanding performers, films, television shows, DVDs, and interactive media, were presented by the International Press Academy at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles on Sunday, December 20, 2009... |
Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature The Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature is an annual Satellite Award given by the International Press Academy.- 1990s :-2000s:- 2010s :... |
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| Visual Effects Society Awards Visual Effects Society Awards 2009 The 8th Visual Effects Society Awards, given in Los Angeles on 10 February 2010, honored the best visual effects in film and television of 2009. The show was hosted by Sam Rubin and broadcast, in an edited form, by the ReelzChannel on March 5, 2010.... |
Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture | ||
| Outstanding Effects Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture |
Names in other countries
- In Germany, the film is called "Wolkig mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen" (meaning the same as the English title, in the spirit of a weather forecast).
- In Japan, the film is called "くもりときどきミートボール" ("kumori tokidoki miitobooru" the Japanese weather report version of the English title) and was released in theatres on September 19, 2009.
- In South Korea, the film is called "하늘에서 음식이 내린다면" (meaning "If the food falls from the sky").
- In Spain, the movie is named "Lluvia de albóndigas" (meaning "Meatball Rain").
- In Latin America, the movie is named "Lluvia de hamburguesas" (meaning "Hamburger Rain"), except in Brazil, where it is called "Tá Chovendo Hambúrger" (meaning "It's Raining Hamburgers") .
- In Israel, the movie is named "גשם של פלאפל" (meaning "Rain of Falafel").
- In Italy, the movie is named "Piovono polpette" (meaning "It's raining meatballs")
- In France, the movie is named "Tempête de Boulettes Géantes" (meaning "Giant Meatball Storm")
Video game
A video game based on the film was released by UbisoftUbisoft
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. is a major French video game publisher and developer, with headquarters in Montreuil, France. The company has a worldwide presence with 25 studios in 17 countries and subsidiaries in 26 countries....
on PlayStation 3
PlayStation 3
The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, Xbox 360
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...
, Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
, Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
, PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable
The is a handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Corporation Development of the console was announced during E3 2003, and it was unveiled on , 2004, at a Sony press conference before E3 2004...
and Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...
in September 2009.
Art book
In August 2009, Insight Editions published a companion book to the film called The Art & Making of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.Sequel
On April 12, 2010, website Io9Io9
io9 is a blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. The blog focuses on the subjects of science fiction, futurism, and advancements in the fields of science and technology....
reported that there is a sequel in production.
John Francis Daley
John Francis Daley
John Francis Daley is an American television and film actor, singer, screenwriter, and director, sometimes credited as John Daley or John Francis Daly. He is best known for playing Sam Weir on the NBC comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks and his current role as Lance Sweets on the series Bones...
and Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein (screenwriter)
Jonathan Michael Goldstein is an American screenwriter and television writer/producer. He has written for numerous situation comedies, including The PJ’s starring Eddie Murphy, The Geena Davis Show, Good Morning Miami, Four Kings, and The New Adventures of Old Christine...
, the writers of Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses
Horrible Bosses is a 2011 black comedy film directed by Seth Gordon, written by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein, based on a story by Markowitz. It stars Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey and Jamie Foxx...
and Burt Wonderstone are writing a draft of the script, which will be based on an original idea, and not on Pickles to Pittsburgh, Barrett
Judi Barrett
Judi Barrett is an author of several picture books, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing...
's follow-up book. It was also reported that the original directors Lord and Miller are not returning to direct the sequel.