This is Pixar's return to greatness.Excellent film

Rating: 9/10 (7 July 2007)

I suppose Pixar had some pressure during the making of Ratatouille for two reasons:to recover some credibility the studio lost with Cars and because of all the animated films which attract little kids with the realistic animation,but without the creativity and imagination Pixar has showed from its first efforts.Luckily,the director of Ratatouille is the great Brad Bird,whose work in the TV series The Simpsons,The Critic and King of the Hill and in the movies The Iron Giant and The Incredibles is simply brilliant.Ratatouille is at the same level of that great works and it's very fun,funny and creative.One of the things I appreciate on Pixar movies is that they use voices they complement the characters without caring about the popularity of the actors.Patton Oswalt is perfect on the voice of Remy;Ian Holm is heard sinister on his villain character.The animation of Ratatouille is amazing but,on our days,we are accustomed to see wonderful animation,as we could see on Shrek the Third or Over the Hedge.But,the story this movie tells is so good that I could forget I was watching an animated movie,and that's something great for a kids film.The main character is a rat and this movie shows the nice and relative sight of that hated animal.Maybe,Bird put that as a challenge to the spectator to show that when the film is so fun and the story so good,the spectators forget their prejudices.Another great element this movie has is that some themes and narrative tones are much more mature than on another kids films.The only fail I found on this movie is that,near the ending,there's a typical cliché.But I can excuse that.Ratatouille is a great movie which is funny,emotive and never boring.After Cars,which was a little disappointing because it was not as good as the other films made by Pixar,Ratatouille represents the great return of an excellent animation studio.