Wolkig mit Aussicht auf Fleischbällchen 2
Flint Lockwood ist gezwungen, seinen Posten bei The Live Corp Company zu verlassen, als er erfährt, dass die berüchtigtste Maschine noch immer in Betrieb ist und bedrohliche Nahrungsmittel-T... Alles lesenFlint Lockwood ist gezwungen, seinen Posten bei The Live Corp Company zu verlassen, als er erfährt, dass die berüchtigtste Maschine noch immer in Betrieb ist und bedrohliche Nahrungsmittel-Tier-Hybride produziert.Flint Lockwood ist gezwungen, seinen Posten bei The Live Corp Company zu verlassen, als er erfährt, dass die berüchtigtste Maschine noch immer in Betrieb ist und bedrohliche Nahrungsmittel-Tier-Hybride produziert.
- Nominiert für 1 BAFTA Award
- 16 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Flint Lockwood
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- Sam Sparks
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- Chester V
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- Steve
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- Tim Lockwood
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- Brent McHale
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- Manny
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- Earl Devereaux
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- Barb
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- Barry
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- Sentinel Louise
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- Sentinel Peter
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- Flintly McCallahan
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- Cal Devereaux
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- Young Flint
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- Patrick Patrickson
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- Additional Voices
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It's a simple story. That wonderful machine created by Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) that bestowed food falling from the sky for the island town of Swallow Falls has been deactivated, thanks to a plethora of food and a desire for people not to be harmed by chunks of sustenance dropping on them. Now the island must be cleaned up, and the corporation Live Corp., run by Flint's idol Chester V (Will Forte) gets the contract. The town's citizens are relocated temporarily while Flint realizes his lifelong dream and becomes an employee at Live Corp. The problem? It seems that the food created by the machine has become...sentient. And it's fighting back! Flint and his friends - Sam Sparks (Anna Faris), cameraman Manny (Benjamin Bratt), policeman Earl (Terry Crews, stepping in for Mr. T), Chicken Brent (Andy Samberg), Steve the Monkey, and Flint's dad Tim (James Caan) - head back to the island. The mission: locate the machine and shut it down. But it seems that Chester and his orangutan assistant Barb (Kristen Schaal) have other plans, plans too devious to mention in detail here, lest your eyes be singed.
Anyway, here's the cool thing. The sentient foodstuffs are basically tangible portmanteaus of food and animal, like the wild tacodile, the watermelephant, the pie-thon, the cheespider, and the bananostrich. Luckily, most of these creatures were benign to begin with. I mean, there aren't any lions or tigers or bears or scorpions. Now, setting aside the question of what these Foodimals would eat, since they themselves are made up of food, these are creative inventions. Almost makes you want to buy one or two as stuffed animals.
Meanwhile, back at the boat, Tim bonds with sentient pickles over fishing. I swear, I am so glad this movie was rooted in reality. I mean, sure, pickles probably couldn't cast that well, but still - kudos are deserved here.
This is about Flint's needing to choose between his idol and his friends and family, between doing what he knows will help his inventing career and what he knows is right. It's about being reminded about those closest to you, lest you disdain their influence. It's also about being able to change one's mind in light of new evidence, and it's about not killing anything that has eyes and/or talks. It's also about 95 minutes.
Hader is terrific, as is the supporting cast, even when they're not given much to do but run and hide. Or cackle evilly. I was more impressed with the vocalizations of the Foodimals, such as Barry the strawberry or the pickles, voiced by codirector Cody Cameron. Kind of thought Frank Welker had stumbled on set.
No meatballs, ironically enough.
Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) lands a job with a shady corporation run by his childhood hero - funny how he wasn't mentioned in the first film - who decides to send Flint back to his home island for the post-first-film clean-up, whilst playing him off against his friends. The island itself is now inhabited by living beings made of food, including a cute little strawberry with the voice of Eric Cartman, a spider comprising Big Mac and fries, and a taco-dile that spits vegetables everywhere. Are you sure this script is ready? The problem, no doubt, is that Phil Lord and Chris Miller were only on hand to provide the story and exec-produce, with former South Park staffer Erica Rivinoja botching the writing job, and Cody Cameron (Shrek, Madagascar) and Cloudy contributor Kris Pearn taking care of the rest.
There are a few good jokes - the fishing trip, the translation, Steve the monkey generally - but it's largely overbearing sentiment, food creatures with punny names (essentially a Twitter hashtag that got out of hand), and Steve Jobs-based villainy, a sort of Robots/Wreck-It Ralph/Jurassic Park III hybrid, with a minimum of heart, wit and invention. I wanted something as anarchic and genuinely original as the first movie. Instead, I got a film that's not only aimed at kids, but doggedly conventional, and insultingly predictable, both in its re-treading of old ground and its telegraphing of old jokes.
It's the most disappointing movie I've seen for a couple of years at least.
Just like the previous film, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is a cute and fun film. I really like all the cute food, especially the cute strawberry. There is so much creative process in making the characters, such as the hamburger with fries leg, or the tacos dinosaur are simply quite brilliant. Watching all the food coming alive is so much fun, and it certainly brings out the kid in everyone.
"Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" is a great escape from the mundane world, where strawberries don't have big eyes. It's so much fun to watch!
My kids saw and loved the first one (many times over). Then when my son saw a trailer for #2 he literally begged to see it today the 2nd day after opening.
The plot is a bit cliché but then not like it detracted from anything. The sights and sounds, the funny little cute things, etc., is what it is all about.
A point in about 20min in my younger son turned to me and said "I like this part!", and he really laughed a lot. I felt it's aimed mainly for kids, but then probably pretty enjoyable for adults too. Like they sprinkle in some humor in places that only teenagers and adults would get.
A fun film for the family, highly recommended.
The main plot itself is immediately stale, focusing on that point gives the film a hint of tastelessness. There's even hardly any meat to its subtext which it rather mixes its random messages; it started with the childhood idol trouble cliché, then to Flint's relationship issues to his father and friends, and eventually tells an environmental friendly story. There's also an irony at the third message that the fact the animals, which are made of food, shouldn't be harmed, but eating sardines is fine. I understand what kind of analogy they're pulling off here, but then it gets a bit awkward when you give it a second look, at least it's not a sour remark. It sparks best when it simply explores around the context, which seems to be the only thing the film is interested in. It also works better when the "Foodnimals" were introduced, mostly because the characters are giving them names out of puns and that's pretty much of the film's humor. Puns may be annoying for some people, but it adds flavor to the gags.
Even a half-baked plot can't keep this from being entertaining, the world itself is already a pure delight. Many of the cast from the first movie returns; Bill Hader, Anna Farris, James Caan, and the rest still got it by bringing plenty of charm and sweetness in their characters. While the new ones; Terry Crews replaces Mr. T as Earl, but it seems perfect enough for him to fill these shoes. And Will Forte also gives a fun performance as Chester V. The visuals brings it to the table, it has become even more eye candy than before which makes a good recommendation to be seen in theaters. It's all deliciously adventurous and utterly whimsical that made things a lot lively.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 is a piece of cake blockbuster that is easy enough for anyone to swallow. I believe this is good for people who need a little light entertainment in a while; as long as you're able to not chicken out from the film's numerous amount of cheesy puns. But in the end, you may get use to it, sometimes contagious, which made me pretentiously use some in this review. It's still undercooked regards to the plot, but the amazing technical work and great voice acting covered that up. It's no means to be perfect, we just sometimes need a simple funny and purely imaginative film to spend in our time, and this is one of the good choices.
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- WissenswertesFor the pickle voices, actors gargled water as they read their lines.
- PatzerAt the end of the first film, when Flint got dropped off by the Rat Birds, the explosion burned off half of his hair. At the beginning of this movie, Flint's hair has grown back.
- Zitate
[from trailer]
Flint Lockwood: There's a leak in the boat!
[camera pans down to an actual leek who starts screaming in panic]
- Crazy CreditsSimilar to the Columbia Pictures title screen sequence from the first movie where the Torch Lady is dislodged off the pedestal by a giant banana that falls from the sky. That banana then turns into a banana-ostrich hybrid with Barry the strawberry hopping on it and riding away with it.
- VerbindungenEdited into Spider-Man: A New Universe (2018)
- SoundtracksNew
Written and Performed by Paul McCartney
Courtesy of MPL Communications Inc.
Under license from Concord Music Group
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- Budget
- 78.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 119.793.567 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 34.017.930 $
- 29. Sept. 2013
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 274.325.949 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 35 Minuten
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- 2.39 : 1