Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (DVD) Reviews

I anticipated seeing it at the cinema, but wouldn't settle for 2D as I was desperate for the 3D one but never got round to seeing it, and now regret not forcing myself to go... but at least I got the DVD. ~~~THOUGHTS ON PLOT AND SETTING~~~ The plot revolves around a boy, Flint, who lives in a "sardine town"; all they eat ...  Read the complete review

Flint Lockwood is not your normal teenage lad. This boy has dreams of becoming the next big thing and to invent something which will change the world as we know it. Flint lives in a very small town called Swallow Falls with his father Tim who owns the local fish shop and seems to have taken a few knocks in life since his wife passed ...  Read the complete review

When I first saw the trailers for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (henceforth known as Cloudy...) my first reaction was ambivalence. It seems that every two weeks at the cinema now there is a new animated 3D 'spectacular' for us to enjoy and I, like many others I'm sure, find myself unmoved to fork out hard cash for the latest star-studded ...  Read the complete review

I took my two year old for his first ever cinema experience yesterday, as the two of us watched the oddly titled 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'. This brand new animation is the latest thing on the family movie circuit, and I have to say I liked it. The movie revolves around Flyn, a geeky guy who has spent his life making inventions ...  Read the complete review

Ever since he was a small child, Flint Lockwood has dreamed of becoming a world famous inventor. But his neighbours in the small town of Swallow Falls despair of him as his remote controlled TV and rat-birds, to name a few, cause nothing but hassle. But when Flint finally makes an invention that actually works as it should, he receives the fame ...  Read the complete review

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room Animated films are a dime a dozen, but few are this fun or inventive, and I must confess that I think that Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, that's based on the children's book of the same name by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett. Although I imagine few will agree with me, I think ...  Read the complete review

~~Plot~~ Imagine living on an island in the middle of the Atlantic where the main catch of the day is sardines. As a result, the economy is reliant on this fish so when people elsewhere stop eating them and the canning plant shuts down what are you going to do? Flint Lockwood has lived in the island's main town of ...  Read the complete review