Despite their roughhewn appearance, the resourceful rag dolls in “9” obviously were crafted with great love and care, both by the scientist who made them in the film and the mastermind behind them in real life, director Shane Acker. If only as much complex thought had gone into the script. The animation is so breathtaking in its originality, so weird and wondrous in its detail, you wish there w ere more meat to the screenplay from Pamela Pettler, who previously wrote “Monster House.”

This is unquestionably a movie made for the fast-paced, ADD generation of young moviegoers. It works flawlessly. Furthermore, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” knows that we’re all young at heart, and it effortlessly had me giggling like a 5-year-old.

The party band Coopers Escape will perform at The Peddler’s Daughter in Nashua at 8:30 p.m., Friday, Sept. 18.
Formed in 2004, Coopers Escape has grown to be one of New England’S most popular party bands.
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“To me biopics have the added thrill of watching the lines that blur between reality and fantasy, biography and art,” said Film Outreach Coordinator Chris Curtis. “The viewer resides within a mysterious triangle composed of historical account, versus the perception of the filmmakers, versus one’s own biases about what may be true and what may be artistic elaboration.”