6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Female Combat: Yes
Viewer Rating
6.4
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film is left-leaning due to its central conflict revolving around the protection of a unique ecosystem and sentient beings from corporate exploitation and unchecked scientific ambition, championing environmentalism and ethical responsibility.
The film includes visible diversity within its supporting cast, featuring characters of different racial backgrounds. However, it does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles for its main protagonists. The narrative's portrayal of traditional identities, including a white male antagonist, is driven by character-specific actions rather than explicit DEI-focused critique, and DEI themes are not central to the story.
Secondary
The film features Barb, an orangutan, who uses her significant physical strength and agility to overpower and defeat multiple male security guards in close-quarters encounters, aiding the protagonists in their escape.
The film 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the adventures of Flint Lockwood and his friends in a world of food animals, without addressing queer identity in any capacity.
The film "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on a fantastical world of sentient food-animals and scientific adventures, without engaging with transgender identity or experiences.
All primary and returning characters in "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" maintain the same gender as established in the previous installment. No characters from prior canon or source material have had their gender altered.
All major and legacy characters in "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" maintain the same race as established in the preceding film. No character canonically or widely established as one race is portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.5
Critic Ratings
7.1
5.9
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