Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Flint Lockwood must travel to a food-covered island to shut down a machine creating sentient food creatures.

The story

Following a food storm in Swallow Falls, the CEO of Live Corp, Chester V, offers to help clean up the island while relocating its people to San Franjose. He hires Flint Lockwood, who is seeking a promotion, to work for his company. However, Flint is publicly humiliated when his invention fails. Chester later reveals that the FLDSMDFR machine survived and is now producing sentient food creatures called "foodimals" that are attacking employees. Chester tasks Flint with traveling to the island to insert a "BS-USB" to shut the machine down. Flint sets off with his friends, his pet monkey Steve, and his father Tim.

First release year

2013

Runtime (minutes)

95

Production countries

United States

Original languages

English

Directors

Cody Cameron; Kris Pearn

Writers

Erica Rivinoja · screenplay; John Francis Daley · screenplay; Jonathan Goldstein · screenplay; Phil Lord · story; Christopher Miller · story; Erica Rivinoja · story

Genres

computer-animated; science fiction; comedy

Themes

Man vs. Technology; Environmentalism; Creator Responsibility

Tone and mood

Zany; Manic; Colorful; Chaotic

Premise and plot tags

Sequel; Science Fantasy; Food-based; Animation

Source material / true-story basis

Original story idea

Franchise connections

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Reception

The film was a box office success and received generally positive reviews, though it was considered inferior to its predecessor.

Reported review scores

Rotten Tomatoes · score: 71% · review count: 122; Metacritic · score: 59 · scale: 100 · review count: 31

Production trivia

A script for a third installment, titled Planet of the Grapes, was completed before the 2023 writers strike.

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