Ratatouille (2007)

There are a lot of Disney films that I have not seen as you may have already seen from past selections or you will see from future selections. So, I decided to get on the Disney Plus app today and the film I chose for today is none other than 2007's Ratatouille which was written and directed by Brad Bird (The Iron Giant) and Jan Pinkava (A Bug's Life). The film stars Patton Oswalt (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) as Remy, a rat in France that has never felt like he fit in with the rest of species because he felt different. Remy was interest in the finer things in life like cooking and after getting separated from the pack, he finds himself in Paris where he'll help a bumbling idiot become the hit chef in Paris, but how long can they keep this secret going? The film also stars Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) as Skinner, Lou Romano (The Incredibles) as Linguini,  Brian Dennehy (Tommy Boy) as Django, Peter Sohn (Monsters University) as Emile, Peter O'Toole (Lawrence Of Arabia) as Anton Ego, Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond) as Gusteau, Janeane Garofalo (Mystery Men) as Colette, Will Arnett (The LEGO Movie) as Horst, James Remar (Once Upon A Time In Hollywood) as Larousse, and John Ratzenberger (Onward) as Mustafa.

So before I get into any of the review, did you know that Ratatouille was an actual French dish because I sure as hell did not know that. I just thought it was something created for the film that was a fun pun on the fact that a rat was a cook. The things you find out on the world wide web and believe me I will attempt to make that some day. Nonetheless, we have a film to review and I thought that this was actually a very fun film that kind of didn't follow the normal recipe that Disney always follows because the animal sidekick was the main character and driving force. The human in the film could have been the dumb sidekick for all we know and it would make more sense. I had a lot of laughs watching this film especially with the main villain being Skinner who was going out of his mind trying to convince everyone about the rat. Those were some amazing scenes and very funny, but the story was a great one that teaches a lot of lessons. Never judge a book by it's cover is the message in this film because you shouldn't treat people as if they were lower than you. I mean I wouldn't actually take a rat and let it help you cook, but really I am talking about human to human. Cooking is a passion that should be explored by everyone even if you do not become some big time chef in a restaurant. The voice acting was great, the animation was terrific, and overall this was a very enjoyable film to watch. Which is why I am giving it an B+ for a final grade.