Ratatouille (2007)
Genre: Animation
Format: Blu-ray
Director: Brad Bird
The beginning of a beautiful friendship.
This tale about a rat who wants to be a top chef in France is so deceivingly simple that once it has unravelled its true self via the magnificent narrative, it's hard not to fall in love with it. Though the idea of a rat communicating and controlling a human being to achieve his goal seems so lavishly forced, Brad Bird's exquisite care in crafting innuendos and social commentaries transformed the whole situation into something that should not be translated only literally. Just like what he has done in The Incredibles, Bird is obviously more interested in communicating a deep message of unity and love than just merely entertaining his audience with high-tech CG wizardry that the movies definitely have.
One of the most original antagonists of all time.
The film looks absolutely stunning, especially the superb work that was done on the rats' furs. This is the best looking Pixar film to date - even better than WALL-E (I still don't have the heart to review that disappointing movie yet). I do find it weird that not all of the cast members speak with a French accent. You would think that French rats would be represented to speak in such fashion. The main human character, Linguini, is also strangely American even though he is apparently French and seemingly lived his entire life in that country. It just seems so tacked on. Bird probably figured that it was best to create some characters that would be easier for a majority of his audience to relate to but the fact that his story is anything but conventional made that decision somewhat illogical. He should never have resolved to cheap characterizations. Though I feel that I had just stumbled into an American bistro misleadingly furnished and decorated as a French-cuisine restaurant, the food served here is definitely of the highest caliber.
RATING: 5 out of 5
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