Rating:
****/*****, or 8/10
Delightful,
often overlooked and underrated animated family film about young
inventor Flint Lockwood (voiced by Bill Hader) who lives on a
depressing island where everything revolves around sardines, until he
invents a machine that when shot up in the sky can make it rain food.
Soon the town lightens up and a food theme park is created, but due
to the mayor's humongous greedy appetite, dark clouds of junk food
soon loom over the horizon as a food hurricane forms and threatens to
destroy the island, if not the world. Together with an intrepid
female reporter (performed by Anna Faris), who he has a serious crush
on, Flint must find a way to turn off his machine before the whole
planet succumbs to severe food poisoning. Features a host of fun
supporting characters, including a local spoiled ex-child celebrity,
Flints stern and less than enthusiastic father (James Caan) who can't
stop talking in fishing metaphors, an overprotective cop/father (Mr.
T. with a reverse tomahawk hairdo) who constantly bugs Flint for
disturbing the peace with his cracking contraptions, and a talking
monkey (of sorts). Though the typical thematic values the movie deals
with, mostly about not being afraid to be different (i.e., a nerd)
and believing in yourself, the film's strength lies in its abundance
of quick visual gags and witty jokes, making it a fun fest for kids
and adults alike. The 3-D version also holds up pretty well compared
to many other animated films released in the same format. The Dutch
dubbed version is notable for its ingenious use of Flemish and
regular Dutch dialects: the island inhabitants all speak Flemish, the
rest of the world speaks plain Dutch.
Starring:
Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan
Directed
by Phil Lord, Chris Miller
USA:
Columbia Pictures, 2009
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