The most delicious event since macaroni met cheese. Inspired by the beloved children's book, the film focuses on a town where food falls from the sky like rain.
Flint Lockwood thinks he's a genius. But none of the things he invented are things that make sense or are useful. However, he has the support of his mother but when she dies, he's left alone with his father who thinks he should give it up. When the community that he lives in, is in an economic crisis because their primary source of income a sardine cannery was shut down, Flint decides to try his latest invention, a machine that can turn water into food. But something goes wrong and the machine ends up in the atmosphere. Later it starts raining food. And so the shifty mayor tries to use this as a way to help their community. But when Flint sense something's wrong with the machine, the mayor convinces him to ignore it. But as Flint predict chaos ensues.
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The directors originally wanted to get Electric Light Orchestra's title song from
Xanadu to play under the end credits, but they couldn't find out who owned the rights. Miranda Cosgrove's "Raining Sunshine" was used instead.
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Goofs
Revealing mistakes:
The radar screen on the portable Doppler radar sweeps counterclockwise. It should be clockwise.
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Quotes
[first lines]
Flint Lockwood:
Have you ever felt like you were a little bit different? Like you had something unique to offer the world, if you could just get people to see it. Then you know exactly how it felt to be me. See more »
Crazy Credits
On the Columbia Pictures title screen, the Torch Lady is dislodged off the pedestal by a giant banana that falls from the sky.
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