Another masterpiece from Disney Pixar

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2008)

Ratatouille (2007, Dir. Brad Bird)
A food loving young Rat from the French Countryside called Remy (Oswalt) ends up in Paris after being separated from his family. He stumbles across a young man called Linguini (Romano) whose job is to clean up the kitchen, but can't help the food now and then. Remy sees this as an opportunity to add his own spice to the food. Linguini discovers the rat, but when the food comes back as the best the restaurant has done in the long time, he decides to adopt the creature to secretly cook the food. Everyone believes Linguini is a fantastic cook, but not everyone is happy. Top chef Skinner (Holm) has other ideas.
From Disney and Pixar comes another wonderful animated film. To be honest, I have mixed opinions on each Pixar film, but 'Ratatouille' is one of the more enjoyable ones for me. The animation has been beautifully made and a well crafted story has been written. Like all animated films now, it comes with a league of top talent, including Ian Holm and Peter O'Toole. Every star is able to create such a realistic sounding French accent, that you will have a hard time trying to work out which character belongs to which star. Although I was rooting for a different film, I can see why 'Ratatouille' won the Oscar for best animated feature.
A real gourmet kitchen, and I get to watch.  Remy (Patton Oswalt)