Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Noodle Movie the Third

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is my kind of children's movie. It's clever, funny, and the scientist gets the girl, who is an even nerdier scientist and happens to be attractive. It's cheesy, silly, and about raining food, but it's also thought provoking (technology is both a cause of big problems and a potential solution) and possibly even heartwarming.

I haven't recently read Judi Barrett's much-beloved 1978 book, but from what I can tell, the movie plot is completely different. Book fans will be advised not to re-read it before watching the movie, which the Mister and I both feel stands well on its own merits.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, with only one spaghetti storm, hardly qualifies as a real noodle media, but our options remain limited. The Mister and I watched Tampopo, Ramen Girl and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in the same week in December. Of the three, CwaCoM will most appeal to most of my readers (Tampopo is wonderful and completely about noodles, but weird Japanese food movies with subtitles attract a more limited audience than smart funny animation in English does.)