The sequel to Steven Spielberg’s
1993 dinosaur blockbuster JURASSIC PARK
warned moviegoers that “something has survived.” Now the same holds true for meteorological
cuisine in Swallow Falls,
the fictitious town inundated by spaghetti twisters and precipitating pancakes
in 2009’s CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS.
Loosely based on the
prize-winning 1978 children’s book by Ron and Judi Barrett, the cartoon caper sees
inventor Flint Lockwood’s Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator
machine convert water into burgers, pancakes, and spaghetti. Of course, Flint’s
machine (called the FLDSMDFR for short) goes haywire, and it’s only with a
little help from his father and friends that the goofy scientist manages to
halt the weird-weather calamity.
