Yawn.

Rating: 3/10 (9 July 2007)

OVER-RATED (clap, clap - clap, clap, clap) OVER-RATED (clap, clap - clap, clap, clap)
I saw this movie on July 4th with my family. My son claims to have liked it, but I have not heard him once make any reference to the film since we saw it, as opposed to several other Pixar films which he acted out endlessly (Toy Story, The Incredibles, and Cars).
The best part of the film was the animation. It was great. But this was not the type of film where the animation could carry it.
The story didn't do it for me. A rat pulling on hair to control a human? Huh? I can suspend my disbelief to believe a rat can cook, read and exercise sanitary habits, but the hair pulling thing was too much.
There were some cute parts, but I was expecting more than cute. Part way through the film when it was obvious the main plot point revolved around helping Linguini get control of the restaurant, I was bored and ready to go.