Definitely a good movie but not a masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (26 July 2007)

This movie, I must say has many humorous parts and is an enjoyable movie. I did not regret watching the movie, and in fact felt satisfied with the content. However, this movie is more appealing to younger audiences rather than to teenagers and above.
When I first went into the theater, the audience was mainly composed of little children and their parents. And I must say that I've had a hard time convincing my friends to watch the movie with me, because they knew that only it's meant for kids, not teenagers who hunger for violent movies or movies with hot chicks, or handsome guys in them.
At the beginning, the director wastes some time by showing footages intended to promote other Pixar films, and one short, mildly humorous clip, the purpose of which, I have yet to find out. I don't even think it was related to the movie. Anyways, there are the usual corny parts, which almost drove the kids to tears, and the plot was very predicable, and somewhat repetitive of the other pixar films, but it was worth a watch.
The voice actors did a good job and there wasn't much flaw there, but what was unusual was that all the people spoke English with a thick French accent, when they were in Paris. Besides the fact that rats could talk, cook, read, and outsmart humans, I found the people speaking English odd. Aside from the weird parts that I've mentioned, the movie was fantastic and the rat was so cute. I personally found them adorable and funny. Maybe that's why it appealed to so many child audiences.
This movie is a must see for animated movie fans, and children, and is a fantastic movie to watch, but I do think that it is a little over rated on this site.