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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: This film wasn't made for you, or me. It was made for dangerously easily distracted 9-year-olds. And at least the never-enough aesthetic extends to its sheer, Augustus Gloop volume of sight gags. Read more
Mary F. Pols, MSN Movies: ... a well-intentioned children's film that has the unfortunate effect of making food, all food, seem utterly revolting. It's the gastronomical version of 'Scared Straight!' 3-D. Read more
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times: If the filmmakers opt to make only light statements about junk food, obesity and solid waste, they at least leave the audience sated on a single serving of inspired lunacy. Read more
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John Hartl, Seattle Times: If you ever thought a marshmallow might make a fine crispy torch, or you've wondered what it would be like to luxuriate in a Jell-O palace, or you've imagined a "snow day" with ice-cream snowballs, you'll find kindred spirits here. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: It flits swiftly between easy-but-funny sight gags involving giant food, send-ups of disaster-film cliches, and endearing characters brought vividly to life by a pleasing visual style, plus funny vocal performances. Read more
Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe: It's not especially filling, but it leaves a pleasant aftertaste. Read more
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader: Determined to have their cake and eat it too, writer-directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller first invite us to revel in ice cream mountains and nacho cheese fountains, then clobber us with ham-handed nutritional moralism. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: It takes an iron stomach to watch this stuff and not feel nauseated. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: Food has never been funnier than it is in the spirited, animated family film Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Read more
Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly: A nice turn from Mr. T keeps the grade (barely) above C level. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: Lord and Miller know how to play with their food -- they have a hunger for the whimsical detail Read more
Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly: The 3-D effects are wonderful, full of witty sight gags that play out both center-screen and on the periphery, while immensely appealing secondary characters round off a film that plays as well for adults as kids. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: The psychedelic-era Beatles would have loved this film. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Writer-directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, whose television credits include CBS' How I Met Your Mother, pack each scene with jokes big and small, and the voice cast shines... Read more
Bob Mondello, NPR: It's nice that the film brings some real-world crunch to the story - ethnic characters whose presence make a social point ... and a clear message about the downside of a society where food is overabundant. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: So what could be better than an endless supply of jellybeans and ice cream? Only a multiplex permanently stocked with smart, sweetly silly family films like this one. Read more
Kyle Smith, New York Post: The animated movie greatly expands on the kids' book on which it's based in a clever and engaging first half. But the second half leaves a foul aftertaste. Slapdash action scenes play against dreary warnings to fear wealth and beauty. Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: A delicious farce and a backhanded slap at America the Obese, it may be the funniest animated film of the year. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: It seemed to me the mountains of fudge, ice cream and pancakes overshot the mark and looked silly, and the airborne food cast a pall over the city, but by golly those kids are plucky. Read more
Kathie Smith, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This computer-animated 3D extravaganza is the ultimate food fight, capitalizing on the universal compulsion to play with your food. But like any good food fight, it offers short-lived entertainment. Read more
Charles Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: One of the most visually creative movies of the year. The film combines a pinch of morality with a healthy dose of humor to produce a movie that's entertaining for everyone. Read more
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail: No comedy should come bogged down with so many Important Life Lessons. Read more
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: Hungry for some good old family-friendly entertainment? Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs should fit the bill of fare. Read more
Nick Schager, Time Out: It may not have the heart or subtle artistry of Up, but then again, Pixar's 3-D outing didn't feature a mustache-tearing monkey, a manchild encased in a giant cooked chicken, or a beefy, bounding cop voiced by Mr. T. Read more
Tom Huddleston, Time Out: His sense of unpredictability, coupled with some breathlessly paced and visually stunning action scenes, makes this the animated success of 2009... at least until Up opens next month. Read more