Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is the newest addition to the ever growing family of animated movies. Who would have guessed even when Toy Story enchanted as many as it did? Sadly. Just like Toy Story didn't manage to thrill me, also this one failed on balancing the quirky, the fun, the morale and the storytelling.
It's a fun enough thought having this magical weather machine, the outcast inventor and the father-sons relationship adding drama and family values to the enterprise, but as a story it never quite embrace the story for the story rather than the aim and idea. It's not that easy to explain why it didn't quite speak to me, especially as there's little wrong with the animations or voices. In this case it's all about the story, the entertainment value and morale myself, as an adult, rather would see more subtly injected into these kind of animated movies. Much of the reason I even mention Toy Story here to begin with, is because that's exactly why it didn't win me over either. I wish more animated movies cared more about the story and animations, and less about how the morale and ethics are presented.
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