Ratatouille
Released: June 29, 2007 / November 6, 2007
Director: Brad Bird
Reviewer: Eric
Why can’t more animated movies be like Ratatouille? The city of Paris looks gorgeous, the animation is rich, the characters are great and the script is much better than the past few Pixar movies. Who would have thought a movie about a rat that loves food would be this enjoyable?
Ratatouille has two main characters, Remy the rat and Linguini,
a wannabe chef that cook to save his life. When the film first
starts out us learn everything we need to about Remy. He can’t
understand why his friends and family love eating garbage when
they can get all this great food. Remy and his brother try to
steal some things to make a dish from an old lady, which leads
to an old lady trying to kill the rodents with a shotgun. This
isn’t your ordinary Pixar movie, images of weapons, no one dies
thankfully, sexual innuendos, I may be thinking too much here,
and a few other things that make Ratatouille a movie that
appeals to young and old people.
The bound Remy and Linguini share is full of slap stick comedy.
In order for Linguini to cook like Remy he needs to be
controller like a robot. Remy hides in Linguini’s chef’s hat and
pulls his hair, by doing this Linguini will cook like God. Of
course this sounds ridiculous, but you have to keep in mind that
this is a children’s movie, even though this is bizarre there
are enough funny moments to make you forget about this.
A rat in Paris, this is much different than seeing toys come to
life in a child’s bedroom, a family full of super heroes and
talking cars. Yeah Pixar has done all this and more, but
Ratatouille stands out above all of these, except the original
Toy Story. Just looking at the visuals alone is worth it, Paris
has never looked this good before.
Ratatouille breaks away from Pixar’s mold for movies. Pop
culture references seem to be absent in this movie, which is a
breath of fresh air since most movies anymore go for these cheap
references and ignore the fact that they are making an original
movie. Ratatouille almost seems like a mature movie, toned down
to make the movie more available to children. There are some
jokes here and there that might step the line but hey mom and
dad need something too, right?
This DVD is filled with some nice features that are sure to make
you happy. There are some deleted scenes on here that have
introductions from director Brad Bird, the man behind
Ratatouille. Your Friend the Rat, a short all new animated film
staring Remy and Emile, steals the show. Think of this as an
added bonus to make you feel like your purchase was well worth
it, to me it seems unfair that the DVD is under twenty dollars.
Pixar also has one of their latest shorts on here as well,
Lifted. Lifted was an Oscar nominated for Best Animated Short
Film. This short is about a teen alien learning that failure is
an option. After seeing this I am really considering buying the Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 1, which also came out the
same week as Ratatouille. Oh yeah if you haven’t seen the teaser
trailer for Pixar’s latest movie it’s on here too and let me
tell you I’m already excited!
Final Verdict
Ratatouille is delicious, I’m sure other reviewers have
used that same line but I don’t care, this is definitely a great
movie. Pixar never seems to release a bad movie, some of their
last films didn’t have that same magic others did but they still
delivered. Ratatouille delivers the same magic that Toy Story
did back in the mid nineties, the animation is flawless and the
story is fresh until the last drop. Make sure to pick this up
whenever you get the chance, if you feel weird picking up a
kid’s movie just lie to yourself and say your unborn children
would love this.
Rating
9.25 out of 10
Ratatouille Trailer