The Little Chef

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2009)

Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) is a rat that loves cooking in the movie "Ratatouille" (2007). He is gifted with a keen sense of smell and taste, and has been inspired by one of the finest chefs in Paris, Auguste Gusteau. During a flood, Remy became separated from the rest of his family and found himself under Gusteau's famous restaurant.
Linguini (voice of Lou Romano) is a garbage boy at the Gusteau's restaurant. One night Linguini spilled some ingredients in the soup and messed up with the recipe, Remy was horrified and ran to save the soup. Skinner (voice of Ian Halm), the manager, asked Linguini to re-do the soup since everyone at the restaurant liked it. Remy was trapped by Linguini, while Linguini was on his way to dispose of the rat, he recognized the rat's cooking talent. Instead of killing the rat, Linguini decided to take Remy home to teach him how to cook. Ever since, Remy became the "little chef." Remy and Linguini found a means to overcome their language barrier, with Remy pulling Linguini's hair under his toque Blanche to control his limbs like a marionette. However, customers loved the "little chef" cooking and eventually Linguini turned to be a success manager of the restaurant.
Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. In the film "Ratatouille", the director Brad Bird and co-director Jan Pinkava show a great deal of examples that illustrates how cynical humans can be. They are underestimating God's creatures and overestimating their complete selfishness and foolishness. Little chef's talents combined with the garbage boy human appearance and created one of the most famous Parisian dishes "Ratatouille."
A lot of movies are produced every year, but not a lot with ideals and wonderful animation. It is not the techniques neither the dressing, it is the spirit of the director who tried, and actually did, present his message through cartoon by comparing the life of two distinct unbalance creatures: one who refuses the garbage's life and one who collects the garbage. However, they both unite with the harmony of art and creation.