Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 (2013) 7/10

Starring : Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Will Forte, Andy Samberg, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Terry Crews, Kristen Schaal
Director : Cody Cameron & Kris Pearn
Running Time : 91 mins

Following the disaster that almost destroyed his home town, Flint Lockwood (Hader) and his friends are asked to evacuate so that the Live Corp Company can clean up. Flint is offered a job with Live Corp, and the opportunity to work with his childhood hero Chester V (Forte), but when he discovers that his machine is still running and is creating mutant food creatures, he journeys home to turn the machine off once and for all. He soon discovers that Chester V’s apparent humanitarian clean up may have a more selfish reason behind it.

Fans of the original will enjoy this, though the animation is a little cheap looking in comparison to other recent animated movies. The characters aren’t as fleshed out as I’d have hoped, but the mutant food creatures are pretty well thought through, with some very clever mutations based on the names of the foods and the animals they resemble. Kids will love this colourful sequel, and adults on the whole should find this entertaining enough.

You’ll like this if you liked : Space Chimps