Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

September 17, 2009 (US) • Animation, Comedy, Family • 90m

Overview

Inventor Flint Lockwood creates a machine that makes clouds rain food, enabling the down-and-out citizens of Chewandswallow to feed themselves. But when the falling food reaches gargantuan proportions, Flint must scramble to avert disaster. Can he regain control of the machine and put an end to the wild weather before the town is destroyed?

Directors

Christopher Miller, Phil Lord

Writers

Christopher Miller, Rob Greenberg, Judi Barrett, Phil Lord, Ron Barrett

Top Billed

Bill Hader

Keywords

based on novel or book inventor weather food based on children's book 3d animation hopeful

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Top Billed Cast

Bill Hader

Flint Lockwood (voice)

Anna Faris

Sam Sparks (voice)

James Caan

Tim Lockwood (voice)

Andy Samberg

"Baby" Brent (voice)

Bruce Campbell

Mayor Shelbourne (voice)

Mr. T

Earl Devereaux (voice)

Bobb'e J. Thompson

Cal Devereaux (voice)

Benjamin Bratt

Manny (voice)

Neil Patrick Harris

Steve (voice)

Al Roker

Patrick Patrickson (voice)

Lauren Graham

Fran Lockwood (voice)

Will Forte

Joe Towne (voice)

Max Neuwirth

Young Flint (voice)

Peter Siragusa

Rufus (voice)

Angela Shelton

Regina Devereaux (voice)

Neil Flynn

Weather News Network Producer (voice)

Liz Cackowski

Flint's Teacher (voice)

Isabella Acres

Additional Voices (voice)

Lori Alan

Additional Voices (voice)

Shane Baumel

Additional Voices (voice)

Bob Bergen

Additional Voices (voice)

Cody Cameron

Additional Voices (voice)

Marsha Clark

Additional Voices (voice)

John Cygan

Additional Voices (voice)

Ann Dominic

Additional Voices (voice)

Paul Eiding

Additional Voices (voice)

Jess Harnell

Additional Voices (voice)

Gary A. Hecker

Additional Voices (voice)

Phil Lord

Additional Voices (voice)

Sherry Lynn

Additional Voices (voice)

Danny Mann

Additional Voices (voice)

Mona Marshall

Additional Voices (voice)

Mickie McGowan

Additional Voices (voice)

Christopher Miller

Additional Voices (voice)

Laraine Newman

Additional Voices (voice)

Jan Rabson

Additional Voices (voice)

Grace Rolek

Additional Voices (voice)

Jeremy Shada

Additional Voices (voice)

Will Shadley

Additional Voices (voice)

Melissa Sturm

Additional Voices (voice)

Ariel Winter

Additional Voices (voice)

Crew

Robert Fisher Jr.

Editor

Christopher Miller

Director

Christopher Miller

Screenplay

Rob Greenberg

Screenplay

Yair Landau

Executive Producer

Judi Barrett

Author

Phil Lord

Screenplay

Mary Hidalgo

Casting

Phil Lord

Director

Justin K. Thompson

Production Design

Pam Marsden

Producer

Lydia Bottegoni

Producer

Michael Kurinsky

Art Direction

Ron Barrett

Author

Chris Juen

Producer

Mark Mothersbaugh

Original Music Composer

James Baker

Animation

Mary Ellen Bauder

Production Manager

Carey Yost

Art Department Manager

Simon Rodgers

Art Department Manager

Ron Smith

Animation

Carter Bays

Thanks

Peter J. Burns

Thanks

Brian D. Scott

Lead Animator

Shoghi Castel De Oro

Thanks

Paul C. Gerard

Thanks

Jay Lavender

Thanks

Claudette Roland

Thanks

Sosh Mirsepassi

Software Team Lead

Andrew Dorfman

Music Editor

Don Rhymer

Thanks

Barbara Zipperman

Thanks

Steven Liu

Thanks

Chris McKenna

Thanks

James T. Sale

Orchestrator

Karl Herbst

CG Supervisor

James Crossley

Supervising Animator

Jordan Cahan

Thanks

Tim McKeon

Thanks

Andrea Miloro

Thanks

Erica Rivinoja

Thanks

Judah Miller

Thanks

Adam Pava

Thanks

Sandra Rabins

Thanks

Jimmy Fusil

Digital Intermediate

Andrew Crowley

Musician

Paul Kegg

Musician

Stephen Lunn

Thanks

Deanna Marsigliese

Thanks

Jim Hecht

Thanks

Rodney Rothman

Thanks

David N. Weiss

Thanks

Marino Angeles

Art Department Coordinator

Dan Weston

Software Engineer

Penney Finkelman Cox

Thanks

Will Gluck

Thanks

Warren Leonhardt

Thanks

Nicholas Bucknall

Musician

Roger Argente

Musician

Josh Wills

Software Engineer

Michael Ball

Software Engineer

John Dunn

Sound Effects Editor

Gwendelyn Robson

Animation

Zachary Torok

Animation

Roger Linley

Musician

R. Stirling Duguid

CG Supervisor

John Pospisil

Sound Designer

Andrew Lawson

Animation

Jamil Lahham

Animation

Joseph Chong

Animation

Luca Mazzoleni

Animation

Matthew J. Munn

Animation

Neth Nom

Animation

Remington Scott

Animation

Jennifer S. Williams

Animation Department Coordinator

Marcelo Vignali

Visual Development

Noëlle Triaureau

Visual Development

Craig Thomas

Thanks

Michael J. Broomberg

Foley

Claus Pedersen

Animation

Eric Lees

Animation

Rahul Dabholkar

Animation

Rob Bredow

VFX Supervisor

Cristy Maltese

Visual Development

Junko V. Igarashi

Software Engineer

Marc-Andre Davignon

Software Engineer

Yueyue Zhang

Software Engineer

Josh Roessler

Script Coordinator

Bill Boston

Orchestrator

Ben Wilkins

Sound Effects Editor

Alex M. Lehmann

Animation

Kenn McDonald

Animation

Adam Lawthers

Animation

Jason Figliozzi

Animation

Kim Hazel

Animation

Melissa Hawkins

Animation

Ted Blackman

Visual Development

Creola Nickolette Jones

Systems Administrators & Support

Terence Mills

Systems Administrators & Support

Michael Lasker

Master Lighting Artist

Gary A. Hecker

Foley

Brad Haehnel

Scoring Mixer

Joshua Beveridge

Animation

David Gordon

Software Engineer

Geo Snelling

Software Engineer

Erin Lacey

Script Coordinator

Robert W. Crain

Master Lighting Artist

John Cannon

Assistant Sound Editor

Richard Bronskill

Orchestrator

David Anthony Gibson

Animation

Matthew Hasselmann

Animation

Antonio Canobbio

Visual Development

Armand Serrano

Visual Development

Dean Gordon

Visual Development

Jerry Loveland

Visual Development

Jayson Price

Supervising Animator

Jason Cooper

Script Coordinator

Daryl Sawchuk

Animation

Igor Choromanski

Animation

Kevin Freeman

Animation

Nathan McConnel

Animation

Ray Hsu

Animation

Shannon Justison

Animation

Dan Quarnstrom

Visual Development

James Salter

Software Engineer

Lu Kondor

Software Engineer

Marc Ostroff

Production Accountant

Gredel Berrios Calladine

Production Office Coordinator

Tommy Bacorn

Production Office Coordinator

Christopher Guardino

Orchestrator

Antonin Plante

Animation

Daniel Edwards

Animation

Ethan Hurd

Animation

Joel Reid

Animation

Rebecca Perez

Animation

Lia Abbate

Animation Department Coordinator

Andrew Gaskill

Visual Development

Chris Reccardi

Visual Development

Dhasarath Ravindranath

Software Engineer

Alejandro Lostaunau

Systems Administrators & Support

Carmen Woods

Assistant Editor

Karl Armstrong

First Assistant Editor

Mike Marino

Foley

Atsushi Sato

Animation

Jeremy Bernstein

Animation

Mark Colangelo

Visual Development

Mark Fickett

Software Engineer

Mathew Selby

Software Engineer

Christopher Oey

Systems Administrators & Support

Jessica L. Marshall

Script Coordinator

Ben Kerr

Animation

Bill Haller

Animation

Claudio de Oliveira

Animation

David Stodolny

Animation

Matt Kowaliszyn

Animation

Michael Ford

CG Supervisor

Bruce Navsky

Software Engineer

Lucas Miller

Software Engineer

J. Robert Ray

Software Team Lead

Alan Hawkins

Supervising Animator

Daniel Dorman

Systems Administrators & Support

Mickie McGowan

ADR Voice Casting

Jason George

Supervising Sound Editor

Eric Luhta

Animation

Jacques Daigle

Animation

Stephen Hoogendyk

Animation

Rod Ibanez

Hair Supervisor

Carey Smith

Digital Producer

David Farley

Post Production Supervisor

Christopher Burdorf

Software Engineer

François Chardavoine

Software Engineer

Tyler Franks

Systems Administrators & Support

Abel Salazar

Animation

YuehChih Eric Lin

Animation

Michelle L.M. Wong

Art Department Coordinator

Danny Dimian

CG Supervisor

Daniel Kramer

Digital Effects Supervisor

Andrea Solis

Software Engineer

Brian Wong

Software Engineer

Derek Friesenborg

Supervising Animator

Lynn Basas

Master Lighting Artist

Anthea Kerou

Animation

Jeff Panko

Animation

Robert Malikian

Software Engineer

Cottalango Leon

Software Team Lead

Moti Cohen

Software Team Lead

Christopher D. Williams

Supervising Animator

Garrett Cox

Systems Administrators & Support

Arthur D. Noda

Associate Editor

Rachel Bolt

Musician

Alan Rogers

Animation

Chad Sellers

Animation

Jeremy Collins

Animation

Sebastien Bruneau

Animation

Zach Parrish

Animation

Tom Burns

Sound Recordist

Geoffrey G. Rubay

Supervising Sound Editor

Benjamin Su

Animation

Dave Hardin

Animation

Glen Sylvester

Animation

Graham Silva

Animation

Jinanavin Veerapatra

Animation

Min Kang

Animation

Patrick Danaher

Animation

Roberto Espanto Domingo

Animation

Marvin Kim

Character Modelling Supervisor

Sylvain Deboissy

Visual Development

Raffaello Vecchione

Visual Development

Pete Oswald

Visual Development

Paul Rudish

Visual Development

Daniel Wehr

Scoring Mixer

Brian Smith

ADR Mixer

Matthew Wood

Sound Effects Editor

Winston Quitasol

VFX Lighting Artist

Arun Ram-Mohan

VFX Lighting Artist

Bill Dorais

VFX Lighting Artist

Billy Brooks

VFX Lighting Artist

Blaine Kennison

VFX Lighting Artist

Cara Paul

VFX Lighting Artist

Chad Belteau

VFX Lighting Artist

Christine Lo

VFX Lighting Artist

Craig Feifarek

VFX Lighting Artist

Wallace colvard

VFX Lighting Artist

Enrique Munoz

VFX Lighting Artist

James Fetter

VFX Lighting Artist

Jean-Paul Beaulieu

VFX Lighting Artist

Jonathan Swartz

VFX Lighting Artist

Jorge Bobadilla Jr.

VFX Lighting Artist

Joshua Chapel

VFX Lighting Artist

Kenji Sweeney

VFX Lighting Artist

Kenneth Brain

VFX Lighting Artist

Kieron Cheuk-Chi Lo

VFX Lighting Artist

Laurent Solignac

VFX Lighting Artist

Leslie Baker

VFX Lighting Artist

Marcel Hemingway

VFX Lighting Artist

Matt Giovingo

VFX Lighting Artist

Matt Wheeler

VFX Lighting Artist

Matthew Rampias

VFX Lighting Artist

Pragya Tomar

VFX Lighting Artist

Richard Liukis

VFX Lighting Artist

Richard Matsushita

VFX Lighting Artist

Rod Ibanez

VFX Lighting Artist

Roman Robbins

VFX Lighting Artist

Rory Hinnen

VFX Lighting Artist

Shannon McGee

VFX Lighting Artist

Takumi Kimura

VFX Lighting Artist

Tatchapon Lertwirojkul

VFX Lighting Artist

Terry Ziegelman

VFX Lighting Artist

Thomas Hollier

VFX Lighting Artist

Victor Schutz

VFX Lighting Artist

John Clark

Layout Supervisor

Greg P. Russell

Other

Collection

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Collection

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Reviews

Gimly

⭐ 5/10

April 12, 2019

For something so far out of my wheelhouse, I do have a certain level of appreciation for _Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_.

_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._