I'll admit that I'm a HUGE fan of the first film (I made a Flint Lockwood costume for Halloween and Comic-Con) and was pretty excited for this one...good thing it lived up to the hype I brought into it! The movie is just plain fun, no two ways around it. The story is awesome, the creature designs for the foodimals were just amazingly creative, the voice acting is top shelf stuff and the humor is fantastic. While I admit I didn't laugh as much or as hard as I did the first one (seriously, I thought I was going to pass out in the first one),I still laughed a lot and had a great time in the theater watching it.

My favorite part of the film, and this may sound strange, was the way the animators crafted the backgrounds when the story heads to the now food dominated Swallow Falls. Seeing the landscapes be turned into food (like a swamp made of syrup or mountains made of rock candy) were incredibly amusing and just shined with creativity.

This one is going on my "Repeat Viewing" list, I enjoyed it that much!

The first film was great fun, a little rushed but colourful, hilarious and quite inventive in visuals and humour. This sequel is enjoyable, unnecessary perhaps but there have been far worse animated sequels around(as well as better). The story is half-baked and reads of predictable left-overs; Bill Hader's voice acting can sound over-compensated; the drama can get a little too sentimental at times- especially when getting its well-intended but a mite heavy-handed messaging across- which can bog down the film; and it lacks the spontaneity and very razor-sharp timing of the original(though not entirely devoid of those qualities) with some hit-and-miss puns, most are very enjoyably daft but others are too obvious and hastily timed. However the animation is great, the bright vibrant colours, inventive visuals of the food and food machines, colourful landscapes and well-designed characters are lovely to watch. The catchy soundtrack also delights, it'll leave your toes stepping, your face smiling and you in a good mood. Not all the writing works but when it does there are some really fun sight gags that come by thick and fast though with enough time for you to savour them, delightfully surreal "foodimals" and some snappy if daft puns(when they're not too obvious). The highlights are the fishing trip and with the monkey Steve. The characters are engaging still, the pacing apart from some lulls in the more dramatic moments zips along and the voice work on the whole is terrific with only Hader sounding overdone. Overall lacks the consistency of the first and not as spontaneous, you may also argue whether it was necessary to have a sequel anyway, but Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 for me was pleasant, fun and colourful, but with a fair few things that could have been better. Not among Monsters University, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2, Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Despicable Me 2 or The Croods as among the best animated features of 2013 but far better than Sir Billi, My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, Planes, Justin and the Knights of Valour and Escape from Planet Earth. 6/10 Bethany Cox

It's 8 minutes after the first movie where Flint Lockwood and the gang saved the world. His scientific idol Chester V offers him a job at his Live Corp. His invention FLDSMDFR turns water into food, and has made their island home filled with 'foodimals'. Chester V offers to clean up the island while the inhabitants relocate. At Live Corp, Flint works tirelessly to be a Thinkquanaut. After a disastrous embarrassing party-in-a-box incident, Chester V enlist Flint to go back to the island. The FLDSMDFR is still operating, and monster foodimals are on the roam. Flint has to go back to shut down his invention before the foodimals learn to swim and destroy the world. However Chester V has some sinister plan unknown to Flint.

This movie is even more crazy and wilder than the original. It is visual cortex overload. Every part of the screen has something inventive going on. I kinda like it, but I understand if it overwhelms most people. That kind of over-stimulation can tire the audience out especially on the big screen. It is a children movie with ADD.