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31 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceAmy NicholsonVillage VoiceAmy NicholsonThe Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs franchise takes its comic cues from The Muppets and Pee Wee's Playhouse, kids' shows that ripen as their audience matures.
- 71Film.comFilm.comThe sequel quadruples the recipe, with gags on top of gags on top of gags in a way only animation could achieve. Like a foodie “Jurassic Park” conjured up by Tex Avery, “Cloudy 2″ is a sight to behold … as long as your brain hasn’t turned to mush by the halfway point.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenIt might not possess the robust charm of its 2009 predecessor, but Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 nevertheless gets an amusing boost from a genetically modified, marauding menagerie of Tacodiles, Watermelophants, Sasquashes and assorted other "Foodimals" that have overtaken the once-tranquil island of Swallow Falls.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWhat Erica Rivinoja, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s script lacks in lingering nutritional value, it compensates for with amusing food puns. If nothing else, the pic’s zany tone and manic pace are good for a quick-hit sugar high.
- 70The DissolveKeith PhippsThe DissolveKeith PhippsThe film retains much of what worked about the first film, and it brings a similarly smart, patient, visually striking approach to the gags.
- 60New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottIt aims to entertain, to offer a few tame chuckles for parents and children to enjoy in a purely Saturday-morning way. And it accomplishes that.
- 50Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThis sequel strenuously works to form a total inversion of the first movie's relationship with food.
- 40Austin ChronicleSteve DavisAustin ChronicleSteve DavisFor both kids and adults, CWCM2 is little more than a vague memory as soon as it’s over.