Tasty cuisine

Rating: 7/10 (1 October 2007)

Ratatouille is on e of the better animated features to come along in some time. There is plenty of innovation, humor, creativity, and a unique story to make this one a tasty delicacy.
A little rate named Remy aspires to more than the routing blasé life he leads in the sewers of Paris. He reads up (hey, of course rats can read in animated movies!) on the writings of a renowned chef, the late Chef Gusteau. Through some odd acts of fate, he comes to the aid of a bumbling trashman at Gusteau's restaurant, and a series of adventures begins. The movie does a great job at establishing the way things work in the 5-Star restaurant world, and just what the characters are up against. Insights into the aspirations of the principals is done well too.
The characters are all likable and developed extremely well in minimal time, and the voice talents are all in top form (my personal favorite was the totally unrecognizable Jeanean Garafalo doing a fast jabbering French accented Collette). Character arcs are believable even in the midst of this wild fantasy story.
Clever plot twists and a very touching conclusion. Well executed and very entertaining movie with a lot of heart.