Movie Knight
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
PG

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Something big was leftover.

2013 • 95 min • Animation · Family · Comedy

Join the Angel GuildWrite your reviewSign in to rate and review

Synopsis

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Company, which has been tasked to clean the island, and where the best inventors in the world create technologies for the betterment of mankind. When Flint discovers that his machine still operates and now creates mutant food beasts like living pickles, hungry tacodiles, shrimpanzees and apple pie-thons, he and his friends must return to save the world.

Our family guide

Best from age 6
66
Movie Knight Score
3530 reviews
  • 67 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
  • 65 Audience · 3527 · 47%

After the food-making machine creates mutant food-animals, inventor Flint and his friends return to the island to save the world from delicious, living food creatures. They discover that his idol has ulterior motives, and they must work together to protect both humanity and the new foodimals.

Violence & peril
2/10
Language
1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
0/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
3/10

Heads up

  • Some chase scenes and mild peril with food monsters
  • Themes of deception and betrayal by an admired figure
  • Brief moments of tension when characters are in danger

What it models well

  • Teamwork and friendship
  • Environmental responsibility
  • Standing up for what's right
  • Empathy for living creatures

Talk about it after

  • The difference between good intentions and bad outcomes
  • Why it's important to question authority figures
  • The value of friendship over fame or personal gain
  • How to protect nature and its creatures

Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.

Where to watch

Stream

  • Paramount Plus Essential
  • Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel

Free with ads

Links go straight to each service. Some are affiliate links that support Movie Knight at no cost to you. Availability data by JustWatch via TMDB.

Top billed cast

Director: Kris Pearn, Cody Cameron • Crew: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Erica Rivinoja, Erica Rivinoja

Trailers & clips

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 - Chester V Featurette with Commentary by Peter Nash

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 - Featurette: Making Foodimals - At Cinemas October 25

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 - Foodimals Animation Featurette

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 - Making Foodimals with Kris Pearn and Cody Cameron

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2: Foodimal Featurette

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 - Meet Barry

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2 - "Foodimal" Sizzle Reel [HD] - Opens 10 October

Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 - "Discovery"

Reviewer notes

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Trying to follow what is happening in this movie is just not gonna happen, but the visuals are so bright and fun I don't think anyone will care.

Not recommended

Decent watch at best, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend except for younger audiences (possibly with bad taste in humor). Every line in this movie is awful. I'll admit that I got pulled in a couple of times just because we went from horrible to average only to have it punchline in awful again. Don't get me wrong, when I say "awful" it is a just a lot of bad, cringey humor. But it really is lik...

Recommended

Much more effort involved than your typical "animated kid's movie sequel made in the 21st century". The story might not be quite as straightforward as the first _Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs_, but it ups the fantastical quality, making me appreciate it even more. Such a great hangover film. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

Fan reviews

Sign in to rate and review

Be the first fan to review this.

Gallery

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 stillCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 still

Details

TMDB audience
6.5/10 (3,527)
Age rating
PG
Status
Released
Budget
$78,000,000
Box office
$248,384,621
Franchise
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Collection
IMDb
tt1985966

More like this

Also right for this age