The great looks could not overcome my nausea

Rating: 3/10 (3 April 2008)

I passed on seeing this movie in the theater because I didn't want to see a story about a rat that cooks. After hearing how "great" this film was, I went ahead and rented it. Yes, the animation looks great. But, I couldn't get over a rat touching, handling, cooking, and serving food for humans. The final scenes in the kitchen make me throw up a little in my mouth. It was disgusting. I realize its a cartoon, but the animators made it look almost too real. The scene where the rats fall from the ceiling in the old ladies house skeeved me out too. Mickey Mouse = good rat that looks like a cartoon. Remy = disgusting rat that made my stomach churn every time he touched food.
The story is bad. I'm all for suspending disbelief for a movie, but come on...a rat that controls a human, by pulling his hair, that cooks gourmet food....they are asking a lot. I can only imagine what Linguini's comb smells like.