Cloudy...2 certainly delivers on the eye-popping, bright, colourful children's movie front, but it was faced with an uphill struggle to match the joyous daftness of the wonderful original film. Picking up successfully from the end of the original, a scarily caffeinated whip-fast muddle of story advancement that starts this movie is worrying, but the film soon settles into a very traditional quest/defeat the villain/realise the value of friendship and family tale. This sequel is basically the Jurassic Park III back-to-the-original-island story (with some very unsubtle lifts from that franchise), and whilst the food puns are groan-inducingly rapid-fire, the narrative lacks the freshness and originality that made the first film so enjoyable. There is also a rather harsh message for the youngsters - people can lie, use you and stab you in the back - that sours the party a little. Thankfully, the characters survive intact and provide much of the enjoyment here, but Cloudy...2 is disappointingly nowhere near as lovable or interesting as the first film.
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