Somewhat along the lines of Monsters Vs Aliens in the humor styling because it had a lot of sight gags and adult-based comedy involved. This was better though and the main reason was the directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who co-created the hilarious "Clone High" (look it up) for MTV in 2002.In the town of Swallow Falls, Flint Lockwood (Bill Hader) is a guy who never grew up. He has constantly tried to fulfill his lifelong goal of inventing a useful product so everyone, especially daddy, will like him. Spray on shoes and a remote controlled TV (not what you think) among other things. One day, while trying to impress the townsfolk, Flint wants to show off his latest invention that turns water into food. When the machine goes haywire, it flies into the atmosphere. That's when it works and starts raining food. The national weather service sends a young reporter, Sam (Anna Faris), on a fool's errand to cover the events. She soon starts working with and encouraging Flint to make the machine better, and he starts to fall for her. However, the more food the machine pumps out, the more dangerous the consequences become.
The large scale of the imagery and story will appeal to children, but it's the writing the older crowd will love. There are moments where the jokes come rapid fire and you have to rewind because you were laughing at one thing and missing another. What also helped was the talent involved. Apart from Farris and Hader, you had the likes of Andy Samberg, Neil Patrick Harris, James Caan, Bruce Campbell, Benjamin Bratt, Al Roker, Will Forte, Neil Flynn, Bobb'e J. Thompson, and the incomparable Mr. T. The only downside was that I wanted it to last longer. Watch this.
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