It's a great movie however...

Rating: 8/10 (18 September 2007)

Make no mistake, it's a great movie, the CGI is top notch, the humor is great, the storyline is a tad cliché, but it has some surprising plot twists, yet something feels wrong. It's an unconventional story about a rat(Remy) who wants to be a great chef, however, he's just a rat and that raises some problems. After causing his colony to flee from an old cottage, he finds himself alone and stumbles upon his favorite chef's restaurant as he decides to mingle with a soup that was being bluntly prepared by a new hire named Linguini, Remy gets spotted by the kid, who gets the horrible task of disposing of the vermin, only to find out a critic tasted the soup and liked it. So Remy and Linguini team up to help each other out. It's a rather curious choice, in a world where women carry pepper spray if guys get a little too close, yet a food critique enjoys a meal prepared by a critter that feeds off of garbage without worrying he might get sick from food poisoning. Normally when you see rats going around, it's not a good sign, but yeah, it's movie, so I'll let that slide. The humor is great, physical humor works wonders in this picture and Linguni's own awkward and goofy temper provides some of the best laughs in the entire movie. Most of the other character are somewhat forgettable, apart from Collete who's sorta makes her the de facto girlfriend and the one who Remy and Linguini can count on when everything goes to heck(even though the two have different views on the matter). Sorry if I sound a little cranky while writing this, I left with the impression kids under 10 year olds should be banned from theaters, which kinda clouds my better judgment. Anyway, Pixar will enjoy it nevertheless and for the rest, remember, sometimes it's better not to see how food is made.