Pixar cooks up a few good items here.

Rating: 7/10 (10 July 2015)

Pixar's Ratatouille is an overly imaginative animated film (anybody would think so when watching rats cook food in Paris), where a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a French chef despite him being a rodent pretty much despised by all humans. After a run-in with an eccentric old woman in his home, he wounds up retreating to the restaurant Gusteau's in Paris, where his passion for cooking food intertwines with a chef-wannabe named Linguini.
The animation is brilliant in a way that captures the wonders and beauty of Paris and the texture and aura of gourmet food. Unless you are really interested in cooking shows or culinary arts, the first part of the film might be a little dull to you as much of it is consumed with Remy's obsession about culinary arts, and the restaurant chefs blabbering about food and critics. However, the movie gets more interesting and plot picks up steam when Remy meets Linguini and tries to help cook food to impress the annoying Head Chef Skinner, all the while trying to fulfill his dreams at the same time.
The portrayal of the rats and their physical movements were actually quite cute at times. The chemistry between Linguini and Chef Colette was mismatched and lacked charm. The animation of the rats were good, but the humans were a little more sub-par I thought, especially that of Linguini and Colette (can never understand those over-sized eyes and noses).
Overall, it's a movie that will have you craving for gourmet food, visit Paris, and encourage you to fulfill your life goals. Not a bad Pixar movie.
Grade B-