This little gem puts you in the right mood.
Ratatouille (2007)
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Animated, Action, Comedy, Family Film, Paris, France, Cooking, Animated Characters, Animated Worlds
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Janeane Garofalo
Screenwriter: Brad Bird
Story: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Producer: Brad Lewis
Composer: Michael Giacchino
DVD Info
Release:
Jun 11, 2007
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.39
Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
- Bonus Short - 1. Your Friend the Rat - Remy and Emile star in an all-new animated short film
- 2. Lifted - Pixar's latest short
- Deleted Scenes - With introductions by Ratatouille's acclaimed screenwriter/director Brad Bird
- Documentary
Reviews
Combining vivid characters with a fresh story, this is one of Pixar's best films yet.
A comedy that relates realistically to life, fashioned not with dozens of hilarious jokes but with due regard for proper storytelling.
Sure, you may not love rats. You may hate them. But you really do have to love Pixar.
Clever, certainly; ingenious, occasionally; enjoyable – hardly ever.
Purveys huge charm, enough to make you fall in love with the rat species and enough, with its array of screen dishes, to make America forgive France, re-dub freedom fries as French fries, and fall sobbing on the country’s cordon bleu shoulders.
The animation lives up to Pixar’s high standards, with the food looking mouth-wateringly realistic.
Director Brad Bird has created a Pixar movie that's a joy to behold.
Amazingly, Pixar just got better, raising the bar into the ether with Ratatouille.
I loved Ratatouille. I was even tempted to drop the odd bit of popcorn, like tipping the waiter after a particularly good meal.
In terms of visual panache and confident story-telling, it's second to none.
Anton Ego, the restaurant critic of The Grim Eater, is one of the greatest performances of Peter O’Toole’s career.
A delicious delight from start to finish, with a terrific script, great performances, sumptuous animation and a non-stop barrage of wonderful gags, both verbal and visual.
The animation is superb, the vocal work flawless, the script witty, the central conflict between family ties and the pursuit of excellence subtly handled.
Novel in concept, exquisite in execution, another family feast from Pixar suitable for all palates. Not a studio chef d’oeuvre, perhaps, but still the richest of this year’s animations. Don’t miss the starter course, hilarious space short Lifted.
Probably won't get the Oscar accolades of earlier, more inspired, idiosyncratic projects from the CGI masters. It's still good quality fare for the kids - although whether they really need the same old homilies again is debatable.
All the ingredients come together to make a richly rewarding main course, seasoned with wit and wisdom yet never half-baked.
That feeling you have as you leave the cinema - that buzzing in the fingers and lightness in the heart - is called joy.
A test for tiny tots, a mite nostalgic and as male-dominated as a modern kitchen it may be, but these are mere quibbles about this delightful addition to the Pixar pantheon.
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