In the end, its just a rat movie.

Rating: 6/10 (11 July 2007)

I really wanted to love this movie. I read reviews that said things like, "funniest Pixar movie ever!" I have loved every other Pixar movie and was really looking forward to this one. It wasn't that funny.
It's cute and mildly entertaining, but not great. I didn't hate it, just wished it was a better movie. I found myself checking my watch several times throughout the movie - not a good sign.
I think part of the problem is that too often the rats look too much like... well, RATS! Their movements were too rat like. I would start to get caught up in the story and then all of a sudden a horde of rats would come on the screen and I'd think, "GROSS!"
The movie is gorgeous to look at - Pixar does their homework on the way things look and move. But to make rats sympathetic, they needed to look a little more "human."