Second best movie of 2007 so far

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2007)

Only Waitress was a better film overall for me as it was real people, but Ratty was close, and both were great. Both were so original, inspired, visual, great stories, well acted, funny....all the good things that make us know movies can still can be great. Disney struck gold when Jobs sold it Pixar...the gift that just keeps on giving. Great entertainment to us, bags of money to Disney.
What great voices, especially notable was Peter O'Toole as villain-turned-good guy Anton Ego..... he was perfectly egotistical and snobby as a scary food critic. The story...who doesn't like food? The inner workings of a busy French kitchen was fun and interesting. The animation showed continued tech improvement as nuances and shadings and physical movements are getting so much better and more realistic with tech advances. God is in the details in animation, that's for sure.
Loved it throughout, if you could overlook all the kid chaos and noise in the theater on the first day. Any lesser film would have been disturbed by the incredible din. Everyone loved it, with much applause at the end.
Do yourself a favor and see it in a theater. See the vast improvements in animation and color, but not just for that...see it for the great and touching story of a rat that appreciated great food over the garbage his friends and family liked, and due to that love he made sure he became a part of the haute cuisine world forever.
We are all better off for it.
See Waitress and Once also, if you haven't. All three are terrific films, and prove that summer fare doesn't have to be lame.