Cute.

Rating: 7/10 (26 October 2007)

I think Ratatouille is going to be most enjoyed by the kids and adults who are into cooking. I'm into cooking myself, but I mean SERIOUSLY into cooking, like people who are more interested in the kitchen of a fancy restaurant than in the food. The premise is pretty silly, a rat living in the sewers under the streets of Paris unwittingly discovers a talent for cooking that some of the most highly trained human chefs can't seem to attain, so he befriends a young boy, the garbage boy at the restaurant (who might remind you of young Wart from Sword in the Stone) and basically uses him as a puppet so he can get access to the kitchen. You see, other people working in the kitchen at fancy restaurants don't want a disease-infested rodent as a colleague, so there have to be some secrets.
Needless to say, a lot of bizarre situations follow, as is to be expected when you have a rat controlling the head chef at a famous restaurant by hiding under his hat and pulling his hair. It's cute and heartwarming and entertaining, and what more do you really need?