Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational, and is churnin... Read allFlint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational, and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.Flint Lockwood now works at The Live Corp Company for his idol Chester V. But he's forced to leave his post when he learns that his most infamous machine is still operational, and is churning out menacing food-animal hybrids.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 16 nominations total
- Flint Lockwood
- (voice)
- Sam Sparks
- (voice)
- Chester V
- (voice)
- Steve
- (voice)
- Tim Lockwood
- (voice)
- Brent McHale
- (voice)
- Manny
- (voice)
- Earl Devereaux
- (voice)
- Barb
- (voice)
- Barry
- (voice)
- …
- Sentinel Louise
- (voice)
- …
- Sentinel Peter
- (voice)
- …
- Flintly McCallahan
- (voice)
- …
- Cal Devereaux
- (voice)
- Young Flint
- (voice)
- Patrick Patrickson
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFor the pickle voices, actors gargled water as they read their lines.
- GoofsAt the end of the first film, when Flint got dropped off by the Rat Birds, the explosion burned off half of his hair. At the beginning of this movie, Flint's hair has grown back.
- Quotes
[from trailer]
Flint Lockwood: There's a leak in the boat!
[camera pans down to an actual leek who starts screaming in panic]
- Crazy credits(opening credits) Another film by a lot of people.
- ConnectionsEdited into Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
- SoundtracksNew
Written and Performed by Paul McCartney
Courtesy of MPL Communications Inc.
Under license from Concord Music Group
The main plot itself is immediately stale, focusing on that point gives the film a hint of tastelessness. There's even hardly any meat to its subtext which it rather mixes its random messages; it started with the childhood idol trouble cliché, then to Flint's relationship issues to his father and friends, and eventually tells an environmental friendly story. There's also an irony at the third message that the fact the animals, which are made of food, shouldn't be harmed, but eating sardines is fine. I understand what kind of analogy they're pulling off here, but then it gets a bit awkward when you give it a second look, at least it's not a sour remark. It sparks best when it simply explores around the context, which seems to be the only thing the film is interested in. It also works better when the "Foodnimals" were introduced, mostly because the characters are giving them names out of puns and that's pretty much of the film's humor. Puns may be annoying for some people, but it adds flavor to the gags.
Even a half-baked plot can't keep this from being entertaining, the world itself is already a pure delight. Many of the cast from the first movie returns; Bill Hader, Anna Farris, James Caan, and the rest still got it by bringing plenty of charm and sweetness in their characters. While the new ones; Terry Crews replaces Mr. T as Earl, but it seems perfect enough for him to fill these shoes. And Will Forte also gives a fun performance as Chester V. The visuals brings it to the table, it has become even more eye candy than before which makes a good recommendation to be seen in theaters. It's all deliciously adventurous and utterly whimsical that made things a lot lively.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 is a piece of cake blockbuster that is easy enough for anyone to swallow. I believe this is good for people who need a little light entertainment in a while; as long as you're able to not chicken out from the film's numerous amount of cheesy puns. But in the end, you may get use to it, sometimes contagious, which made me pretentiously use some in this review. It's still undercooked regards to the plot, but the amazing technical work and great voice acting covered that up. It's no means to be perfect, we just sometimes need a simple funny and purely imaginative film to spend in our time, and this is one of the good choices.
- billygoat1071
- Oct 10, 2013
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- Also known as
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $78,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $119,793,567
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $34,017,930
- Sep 29, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $274,325,949
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1