Ratatouille: Foodie Rattie

Yup, it's good.

We saw this Saturday morning instead of cartoons. Worth it! (Besides, the first showing of the day is always one of the cheapest times to go to the movies!)

Remy (pictured left) is a rattie with a highly-developed sense of taste and smell. Which leads him to appreciate food more than other rats might. He is in constant conflict with his father, and by circumstance he finds himself in Paris ("De Eiffel Tower!" shrieks David. "Dey in FANCE!") surrounded by the tastes and smells which he can't resist.

This is a Pixar film, though slightly less innovative than the standard Pixar fare. Perhaps there are too many cooks in the kitchen, now that Disney is Pixar and Pixar is Disney?

Still, this ranks right up there. I can see why the movie critic for Sauce Magazine liked it so much! (See "A rat cooking in a great Paris kitchen? Pixar pulls it off with panache.") The artists' visual representation of the sense of taste is fun, and what happens to the food critic at the (obvious) critical juncture packs a thundering blow of raw truth.

This is a fun one...go see it!