I'm happy that I watched Ratatouille but feel that I could have spent my time doing something much better (I've got book I'm dying to start). It was an ok film that lacked the warmth of friendship that others of this type have in spades. It's a 6 (it was fine, but I looked at my watch a lot during it wondering when it would end).
Remy the rat loves fine food, unlike the rest of his family who would steal and eat any old garbage. After being separated from his family, he is lead by the ghost of his favourite chef to his once five star restaurant. There Remy becomes friends with the kitchen garbage boy, Linguini. Working in secret partnership, they begin to create exciting and new dishes that wow the guests. The new restaurant owner, Skinner, is desperate to find out the secret and hunts down Remy. And the critic, Anton Ego, challenges the new and upcoming cook to do his best! It's not easy keeping a rat a secret in a top class kitchen!
For some reason, this movie seemed to lacking the warmth of others. There are budding friendships, but neither the kind of "I've known you for so long that I can make jokes at your expense" or the "I'll do secretive they'll never know, to help" kind. The cartooning is for kids, and yet the vocabulary is for people more advanced, and the morals are force feed to the viewers as blatantly as can be. Best if you are under 10 years old.
Just the very ending, from when the critic tastes the ratatouille, the flash back, and particularly his review, is very good. That was when I forgot that I was watching a cartoon of a character in a place he wasn't supposed to be, and enjoyed what was being said by the story (even though the morals were still obvious).
Remy the rat loves fine food, unlike the rest of his family who would steal and eat any old garbage. After being separated from his family, he is lead by the ghost of his favourite chef to his once five star restaurant. There Remy becomes friends with the kitchen garbage boy, Linguini. Working in secret partnership, they begin to create exciting and new dishes that wow the guests. The new restaurant owner, Skinner, is desperate to find out the secret and hunts down Remy. And the critic, Anton Ego, challenges the new and upcoming cook to do his best! It's not easy keeping a rat a secret in a top class kitchen!
For some reason, this movie seemed to lacking the warmth of others. There are budding friendships, but neither the kind of "I've known you for so long that I can make jokes at your expense" or the "I'll do secretive they'll never know, to help" kind. The cartooning is for kids, and yet the vocabulary is for people more advanced, and the morals are force feed to the viewers as blatantly as can be. Best if you are under 10 years old.
Just the very ending, from when the critic tastes the ratatouille, the flash back, and particularly his review, is very good. That was when I forgot that I was watching a cartoon of a character in a place he wasn't supposed to be, and enjoyed what was being said by the story (even though the morals were still obvious).
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