Feel good with rats

Rating: 8/10 (9 August 2007)

Remy has a dream. He wants to become a renowned chef cook much like his big example in life, the cook Gusteau. Alas, Remy has a problem. He's a rat and therefore not wholly accepted in the high class kitchens he wants to cook in. When events drive him and his colony out of the house they have been living in for some years things start to change though and he might just get his one shot at fulfilling his dreams.
Disney/Pixar have made a big name when it comes to animated films. And with each film they bring to the screens they seem to be raising their own ladder and expectations a bit. Ratatouille is no different when it comes to that. Animated sequences are brilliant. Nice choice of colors, no single still moment in the background and excellent details at the heart of every scene. In that, Ratatouille is a brilliant animation film.
Storywise it doesn't bring much new with the exception of a rat working in a kitchen. The backing story behind that is an often used one though, so in that it isn't very special.
Still I found it a very enjoyable watch that left me with the feeling usually caused by "feel good" movies, and it had me in stitches on more than one occasion. I did miss the after-credit extras though, they really should have done some.
8 out of 10 rats in the kitchen