Ratatouille

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2008)

Just one heck of an energetic and amusing film. Easily one of the best Pixar creations. No surprise, that it should entertain both the young and old as well.
Just like all great films, Ratatouille is alive, and full of passion. At it's core are messages about friendship, family, compassion and determination.
The film's unlikely heroes are a rat named Remy (Patton Oswalt) and a young man named Linguini (Lou Romano). They quickly form an unlikely partnership.
Also, interesting to note is the lack of big name celebrity voices in the cast. How great is it to hear Peter O'Toole on the screen as the critic Anton Ego? Favorite scene is probably the one where Colette is telling Linguini the backstorys of all the chefs, and all of the different stories Horst has. " I robbed the second largest bank in France using only a ball-point pen." "I killed a man... with this thumb." Anyone moved by the end with Ego being reminded of his childhood? How cool was Skinner? That scene where he's all dressed in a trench coat-all trying to act all mysterious & incognito at the restaurant. " I'll have what he's having." Awesome.
Easily one of the better films to have come out this past year.