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When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the world of Paris upside down.
Dec 22, 2023 · Rankings and lists about films and characters from the studio that brought you mindblowing animation from A Bug's Life to Wall-E, to infinity and beyond. Explore this curated list of the top Ratatouille characters, including Remy, Anton Ego, and more -- as ranked by Ratatouille fans.
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Jun 29, 2007 · Cast. Ratatouille is a Pixar classic for culinary enthusiasts and casual foodies alike. Remy's passion for food will spark a love of great cuisine in anyone, and Gusteau's catchphrase, "anyone can cook!" is powerful proof that food can connect people, regardless of culinary ability.
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Pixar’s chef-d’œuvre
Few film studios can boast the commercial and cultural pedigree of Pixar.
Whether through toys, bugs, fish, monsters or even actual human emotions, Disney’s flagship animation house has rarely misfired in its near 30-year quest to capture the hearts and minds of adults and children alike.
That means the movie finds other ways of maintaining the attention of its audience. First off, Ratatouille is gorgeous. Really, it’s something of a visual marvel. Despite taking place almost entirely in the brass belly of a Paris restaurant, the Pixar animators did a fantastic job of capturing the romance of the French capital and, in particular, its culinary heart – from the warm yellow hues of bread and cheese to the rich red tones of grapes, tomatoes and wine. If Ratatouille’s goal is to make you appreciate the beauty of food, it achieves this and then some. Who knew carrots could look so delicious?
The score, too, is exceptional. Michael Giacchino’s fast-paced, French-inspired music expertly complements the urgency of the kitchen among a typically-relaxed Paris, and serves to heighten the sense of danger when proceedings do occasionally leave the doors of Gusteau’s. In one sequence, the crooked Chef Skinner (voiced by the late Ian Holm) chases Remy through crowded streets and into the River Seine in what is a perfect example of Ratatouille’s seamless marrying of visuals, soundtrack and storytelling. It’s almost James Bond-like in its construction, and goes to prove that the movie isn’t only concerned with what goes on inside the kitchen.
Ratatouille is also very funny, playing on humor that is more slapstick in tone than any Pixar entry before it. Linguine stumbles around with a goofy elasticity that adds to some of the movie’s most laugh-out-loud moments. This old school approach to joke-making works to create genuinely hilarious scenes to be enjoyed by everyone, regardless of age, much in the same way its aforementioned themes don’t only aim for the grown-ups.
All these elements combine to form a family animation that truly is for all the family. Everything is simple-but-effective here – the story, the art style, the comedy – and is executed in such a way as to meet or exceed the best the studio has to offer elsewhere. Despite being about the plight of an ambitious rat, Ratatouille is a refreshingly human adventure, and a reminder that Pixar doesn’t always need to make us reach for the tissues in its pursuit of an animated masterpiece.
Hell, it’s a movie about a rat that makes ratatouille – isn’t that enough to make it the best?
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Ratatouille (/ ˌrætəˈtuːi / RAT-ə-TOO-ee) is a 2007 American animated comedy-drama film [ 3 ] produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The eighth film produced by Pixar, it was written and directed by Brad Bird and produced by Brad Lewis, from an original idea by Jan Pinkava, [ 4 ] who was credited for conceiving the ...
Fast-paced and stunningly animated, Ratatouille adds another delightfully entertaining entry -- and a rather unlikely hero -- to the Pixar canon. Read Critics Reviews
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