I didn't grow up loving the book that Cloudy with Chance of Meatballs is based on, so I have no standard for comparison there. When I set it up against the various CG-animated studio movies I've suffered through in doctors' offices and waiting rooms of all sorts, this movie is like finding chilled glacier water in a desert.

Inspired casting all around (especially Mr. T) combined with young, risk-taking directors makes for a lot of fun that hits the ground running and doesn't stop. I wish I'd seen it in 3D now. The "Making-of" and the "Voices of" featurettes are more engaging than what you usually get on kid-friendly releases. The extended scenes, development scenes, and progression reels are actually pretty cool . The commentary includes star Bill Hader and directors Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, and and it's warm and fun throughout. Great to do housework to on a Saturday.

The biggest pain in the ass on this title is that to use the Digital Copy it advertises, you have to own both a PS3 and a PSP. On top of that, you can only watch the digital version on the PSP. I also hate that the DVD copy included has both widescreen and Pan & Scan versions of the movie on it. What is this, 1998?

Amazon has the current Blu-ray version for $24.99, but just as this one was announced, the 3D Blu-ray standard was ratified by the Blu-ray Disc Association (I think that's what they ended up calling it). Sony announced a tentative release of a 3D Cloudy Blu-ray for this summer. The polarized 3D TVs will still cost, oh, $15k on average, but if you want to walk into a Sony Style store and watch the whole thing, you'll probably be able to do so. I hope that means they'll do a theatrical re-release so that I can see the version discussed on the commentary, which apparently they "went nuts on with the 3D".