Worse Pixar film yet

Rating: 3/10 (3 July 2007)

Let's start with a positive....The Pixar short before Ratatouille is brilliant! Now the negative, Ratatouille is definitely too long for younger children (trt: 1:50), and the story is certainly too "deep" for a 4-7 year old. Also, not that I'm a prude, however, a certain type of film is expected from Pixar/Disney when it is rated "G". Why my child needs to be exposed to an old lady running around the house shooting a shotgun at a "living" creature is beyond me. I'm sure the creative types at Pixar could have come up with a way to make the point that she wanted the rats out of the house without taking the easy way out and having her shoot at them with a gun. I also think that Pixar should stay with animating non-human characters (cars, fish, toys, etc), they seem to struggle with making the human characters "human". Bottom line, if you are a fan of Pixar, as I have been, you may be disappointed, with the price of taking the family to the cinema, I'd suggest waiting for this to be released commercially.