French word for One of the best movies ever

Rating: 10/10 (22 June 2007)

I don't know French but I know I like this movie. Despite a somewhat predictable story, this film is compelling from beginning to end and full of excitement and hilarious humor. The pacing is brilliant, including a rare freeze frame animated sequence and some seriously interesting perspective on the world of food. The slapstick scenes are sometimes as original as a vintage silent film and when they are overly silly, they are still funny and playing to its target audience. It may not make as much money as Cars, but that film was boring and once joke strung out for the same laughs. Remy is a balanced main character, with solid voice work by comedian Patton Oswalt. The portrayal of France was romantic and genuinely appealing and I felt some scenes could have had a cheerful song or two, but as it is the film is nearly perfect and paced exceptionally well. Garofalo and Garrett both use accents well and create memorable characters and the theme of having help from sources outside of yourself is one often covered and re- covered in popular film, but never as comically and effective as is done here. The rat can cook, and cook well he does.