Ratatouille (2007)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Directors:

Brad Bird
Jan Pinkava (co-director)

Writers:

Brad Bird (screenplay) and
Jan Pinkava (story) ...

Release Date:

29 June 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Dinner is served... Summer 2007

Plot:

Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans.

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Chef | Restaurant | Paris | Cooking

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 43 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Patton Oswalt	...	Remy (voice)
Ian Holm	...	Skinner (voice)
Lou Romano	...	Linguini (voice)
Brian Dennehy	...	Django (voice)
Peter Sohn	...	Emile (voice)
Peter O'Toole	...	Anton Ego (voice)
Brad Garrett	...	Gusteau (voice)
Janeane Garofalo	...	Colette (voice)
Will Arnett	...	Horst (voice)
Julius Callahan	...	Lalo / Francois (voice)
James Remar	...	Larousse (voice)
John Ratzenberger	...	Mustafa (voice)
Teddy Newton	...	Lawyer (Talon Labarthe) (voice)
Tony Fucile	...	Pompidou / Health Inspector (voice)
Jake Steinfeld	...	Git (Lab Rat) (voice)

Also Known As:

Untitled Rodent Project (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

USA:G | Canada:G (all jurisdictions) | Australia:PG | Singapore:G | Brazil:Livre | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/4 (dubbed version) | Portugal:M/6 (subtitled version) | Finland:S | UK:U | Ireland:G | Chile:TE | South Korea:All | Germany:o.Al. | Taiwan:GP | Malaysia:U | Sweden:7 | Hong Kong:I | Iceland:L

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

Colonel Rémy was the nom-de-guerre of Gilbert Renault, a hero of the French Resistance during WWII.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Colette says that she has memorized every one of Gusteau's recipes, but is not familiar with Sweetbread à la Gusteau.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: [on television] Although each of the world's countries would like to dispute this fact, we French know the truth: The best food in the world is made in France. The best food in France is made in Paris. And the best food in Paris, some say, is made by Chef Auguste Gusteau...
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Movie Connections:

References The Secret of NIMH (1982)

Soundtrack:

Le Festin

Pixar's best yet !

Fantastic ! ... Can't wait to get the DVD ! The technical / animation / lighting ..etc aspects of the film are awesome. Pixar has raised the bar again.

The best thing about the movie, is that it showcases Pixar's "mantra" , that being story, story ...story. That along with having great characters/animation/dialog, which you just forget ... or never even consider are digital puppets.

The humor was great too, the gags / situations character acting all contributing to making situations that "kids of all ages " could "get".

There is on one level the entire story, of Remy and Linguini, but then there are 3 or 4 or more subplots and a number of dramatic scene changes which almost felt like separate chapters of the main story. That all contributed ..for me at least... to keeping the movie very interesting right to the end.

While I found a few things predictable, there were also quite a few twists and and unexpected events / scenes, that just kept giving me more new "stuff" to enjoy 10 / 10 Mike