Let's take a look at the forecast, shall we? "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," 0% chance satisfaction.
During a weekend with my grandparents, I went and saw "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" with them and my brothers, and that might very well be the worst movie I've ever seen. It's 81 minutes of people overeating, food falling from the sky, and a man in a diaper. And for about a third of those 81 minutes, I found myself in the hallway looking at movie posters.
The story centers around Flint Lockwood, an inventor who's basically the town screw-up on a small remote island with a food shortage. Then he invents a machine that turns precipitation into food and becomes a hero, but soon the town begins to get way more than they bargained for!
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" sounded ideal. And I have to admit--it was pretty funny, funny enough that I found myself laughing out loud at times (particularly when the jaywalker gets arrested). But after food starts falling from the sky it goes way over the top, and the negatives far outweigh the positives.
Probably the worst part is where the mayor, who eats himself to 400 pounds or so, swallows an overgrown hot dog whole. Also, you know where the film is going, and the romance between Flint Lockwood and a newspaper reporter is so routine. And, like many films of its kind these days, there's crude humor, complete with swearing and a one guy shown in a diaper for the majority of the film. The previews were more entertaining than this.
The film got positive reviews for addressing obesity, but that seems to be the problem with it. An animated kids' movie is the last movie to address that topic in, no matter how crude it already is. Do NOT add "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" to your 5-day outlook.
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