Thoroughly enjoyable

Rating: 9/10 (7 March 2008)

I don't mind watching kids animated movies so long as they look good, there's a reasonable story and a few jokes for me to giggle at, and I'm pleased to report this movie scores on all three points.
As I'm sure you already know this is about a rat who wants to cook excellent food. The characters are distinctive, delightful and well defined in terms of both animation and voice acting. The animation is as good as anything I've ever seen.
If there's a problem, it's that some aspects of the story are a little formulaic in that our heroes 'let each other down a bit and then redeem themselves', which seems to be a standard plot device in animated kids movies these days, and in this case not entirely believable. But what the heck, it's great fun! 9/10