I was pleasantly surprised by the first film, and it was pretty much inevitable there would be a sequel, I hoped it would be just as much fun as the predecessor. Basically Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) and his friends of Swallow Falls have just saved the world from the FLDSMDFR ("Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator"), his invention that turns raindrops into giant food, but went out of control. Chester V (Will Forte), the super-inventor and CEO of Live Corp, is tasked with cleaning up Swallow Falls, all citizens have been relocated to San Franjose, California, and he has invited Flint to work at Live Corp, where many budding inventors are trying to create the next great invention for his approval and a prize. Six months later, unbeknownst to Flint, the FLDSMDFR survived the explosion and landed back on Swallow Falls island, Chester's search parties have been attacked by monstrous cheeseburgers, many food mutated creatures are learning to swim and pose a threat if they do. Chester sends Flint on a classified mission to find and destroy the FLDSMDFR, but Flint cannot help himself and recruits his meteorologist girlfriend Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), her cameraman Manny (Benjamin Bratt), police officer Earl Devereaux (Terry Crews, replacing Mr. T), Steve the monkey (Neil Patrick Harris), who communicates with the device on his head, "Chicken" Brent McHale (Andy Samberg), and his father Tim Lockwood (James Caan) who transports them on his fishing boat. Arriving in Swallow Falls, the island has become an overgrown jungle, Tim stays behind while the rest investigate, finding a variety of living food creatures, Tim encounters humanoid pickles who bond and fish with him. Creatures include Fruit Cockatiel (veveral fruits), Hippotatomus (hippo tomatoes), Shrimpanzee (shrimp chimpanzees), Cheespider (cheeseburger spiders), Mosquitoast (mosquito toast), Bananostrich (banana ostrich), Flamango (flamingo mangoes), Watermelophant (elephant watermelons), Subwhales (whale sub sandwiches), Lemmongs (lemon lemmings), Susheep (sushi sheep), Tacodile Supreme (crocodile tacos) and many more. Chester finds out Flint is on the mission with his friends, he arrives with his assistant Barb (Kristen Schaal), a talking orangutan with human intelligence, he is determined to separate them, Flint begins to suspect that he is up to something. Inventing a device in his former lab to find the FLDSMDFR, Flint is intent on making Chester proud, despite Sam trying to convince him to spare the foodimals, she leaves in anger, along with the others, in the jungle she proves that the creatures mean no harm, but Chester and Live Corp employees ambush them. Flint finds the FLDSMDFR, but is hesitant to destroy it seeing a family of cute marshmallows, Chester seizes control of the machine and announces his plan to use the foodimals for outdated line of food bars, Flint is crushed, and pushed over, but the marshmallows rescue him. Flint, his father and other foodimals plan to infiltrate the Live Corp building under construction on the island, Flint rescues the trapped foodimals and confronts Chester who threatens to turn his friends into food bars, the real Chester is eventually exposed among his many holograms, and Barb has had a change of heart and helps Flint and his friends. Chester tries to get away with the FLDSMDFR, but is eaten by a Cheespider, the island is now safe from Chester and the destroyed Live Corp, the FLDSMDFR is returned to its place, the foodimals continue to live in peace as more are born, and Flint enjoys his first spot of fishing with his father. Also starring Cody Cameron as Barry / Dill Pickle. The voices are fine, Hader still being the incompetent but likable geek, Faris being silly, and Forte being mean, the special effects to create tasty looking living food animals are fantastic, there are many easy to laugh at daft puns ("There's a leek in my boat!") and plenty of slapstick, it isn't quite as delightful as the original, but adults and children alike will have fun, a colourful animated comedy fantasy. Good!

I know I'm too late to review this film, but I decided to do it anyway. Cloudy 2 didn't really interest me all that much from the previews, and I initially wanted to decline this before I saw it(I was actually more interested in Despicable Me 2, which was too cheesy in my opinion). But then, the weekend it came out, I was dealing with school and things like that until my mom asked: "Wanna go watch Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2?". I said yes because I haven't seen my mom much because she was always working, so I decided to spend time with her. It turns out that Cloudy 2 was actually really good! The visual effects are dazzling(water, sparks, fire, other textures) and the 3 of us were laughing out loud a lot(my brother and my mom), along with the rest of the audience erupting with laughter throughout the show. The characters are love-able and hilarious, the humor is sharp and witty, the animation is detailed and crisp and the food animals are adorable. What's not to love? Also, one thing to note is that I saw it in 3D, and it actually really makes the special FX work and it did make me flinch at times. So make sure you see it in the added dimension for more depth. Note that I saw it first release.

"Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2" Movie Review"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is the sequel to the movie "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs." This is a about a boy named Flint Lockwood. Ever since he was a little boy, his idol has been Chester V., a genius inventor who has a company called Live Corp. Flint Lockwood's dream was to become a Thinkwanot and work with Chester V. In the first movie, Flint's invention was the "FLDSMDFR" which creates food. The machine goes rabid and starts to make giant food. Chester V. then comes to Swallow Falls Island to help with the clean-up of the food. He relocates all the people of the island to San Franjose. While there, Chester V. gives him an opportunity to work for his company. His assistant, Barb, a talking and lipstick wearing orangutan ape, tells Flint that he has six months to prepare for the promotion ceremony. The promotion ceremony is when Chester V. hand picks one inventor to become a Thinkwanot. At the ceremony, Flint does not get picked by Chester. However, the next day Chester V. requests for Flint to come and talk to him. Chester explains to him that the island is being overrun by food animals and needs his help to find the FLDSMDFR to shut it down. Flint happily agrees to go. He then rushes home to inform his dad, Sam, Brent, Officer Earl Devereaux, and Manny. They then all head to the island to try and find his invention. They face many trials and meet new people. In my opinion, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is an entertaining fiction story. It is very whimsical and engaging. I would recommend this movie for families with young children. However, even if you do not have young children, this movie is sure to put a smile on your face. The story line is unique and creative. Animation was effectively used to help viewer's imagine a world gone crazy with food animals. The movie's plot takes many twists, leaving the audience in suspense of what will happen next. Grab some popcorn and soda and enjoy "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" this weekend. Just make sure the popcorn does not become giant and bury you in your seat!

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was a pleasant surprise back in 2009, with directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord - before they hit the big-time with 21 Jump Street (2012), it's sequel 22 Jump Street (2014) and The Lego Movie (2014) - taking a rather ridiculous premise based on a slim children's story and making it both hilarious and supremely inventive. It was a story that was wrapped up nicely as not to require a sequel, but with box-office success comes the inevitable follow- up. Miller and Lord lampooned the whole idea of sequels with 22 Jump Street, but decided against helming the next chapter in Flint Lockwood's eccentric world, which makes it all the more surprising that Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 is even more delightful than the first.With the town of Swallow Falls engulfed by giant food as a result of the events from the first film, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader), his girlfriend Sam (Anna Faris), his father Tim (James Caan), and the rest of his fellow townsfolk are relocated to California by inventor and TV personality Chester V (Will Forte) while the place is cleaned up. Flint, Chester's biggest fan, is invited to work at Live Corp., where he will be allowed to work on his crazy inventions undisturbed in the hope of landing a permanent job. His 'celebrationator' creation falls flat, but Flint is still summoned by Chester to be informed that the search-parties back in Swallow Falls have gone missing, and the place is now overrun by giant cheeseburger spiders.The cheespiders are just one of many delightful and bonkers 'foodimals' in the film, others of which include shrimpanzees, tacodiles and watermelophants. They're the type of physics-dodging nonsense a child would come up with while bashing plastic figures together, so no doubt children will love them. Adults too, will no doubt get a certain kick out of temporarily switching off the logical side of the brain and turning up the nostalgic side. It's also beautiful to look at, in a hyperactive, blink-or-you'll-miss-it sort of way, with the sheer volume of these bizarre creatures darting in and out of the picture providing a feast for the eyes, and the cheespiders proving to be somehow terrifying and cute at the same time.Above all, it's laugh-out-loud funny and relentlessly chaotic, and there's probably a 'message' in there somewhere as well. Not that the film is too concerned with preaching morals and not that the audience will call for it; it's too busy being exhaustively entertaining for all that. The returning acting talent (although Terry Crews replaces Mr. T as super-ripped cop Earl Devereaux) is uniformly excellent, and newcomer Forte, along with some loopy character design, helps turn Chester V into a charismatic and ever- bending (literally) super- creep. Like a packet of sweets, it can be like a sugar overdose at times, but you'll most likely keep on eating and feel buzzed for a short time afterwards.