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Ratatouille Film Analysis

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Ratatouille: A Cinematic Masterpiece Pixar has again set the bar high for stellar animated films. “Ratatouille”, released in 2007 by directors and screenwriters Brad Garrett and Jan Pinkava, exemplifies brilliance with a simple, yet creative storyline. This storyline comes to life with the assistance of voices of major actors Patton Oswalt (Remy), Ian Holm (Skinner), Lou Romano (Linguini), and various secondary characters. Ratatouille is an animated comedy and family friendly film that focuses on an odd pair tackling the culinary world together. It begins with a glimpse into the unappealing and degrading life of a rat, Remy, and how Remy constantly wishes to break the cycle of ‘rathood’. Remy dreams of becoming a world renowned …show more content…

Seeing Ratatouille advertised as an upcoming movie for the first time, I did not know what to expect. All avid film watchers are aware of the high caliber and content of Pixar movies, but this movie had a very unique and far out concept that differed greatly from the rest of Pixar’s movies. A rat that cooks and controls a human’s cooking and motor functions simply by pulling on their strings of hair: an unusual concept. However, Pixar successfully ties in this storyline through the loveable characters, beautiful setting, and comic relief. The creators successfully make the audience root for the aspiring chef rat and the awkward boy because they are overall relatable characters just trying to accomplish a dream like the rest of us. I felt the emotions of excitement, happiness, anxiety, and disappointment all at the same time when the lives of these characters played out. In addition, being someone who is infatuated with Paris and having done much research on Paris for enjoyment, I agree that Ratatouille very accurately portrays food, culture, and life in Paris. Watching this movie will make almost any foodie or traveller want to fly to Paris at the crack of dawn and learn how to master the culinary arts. It will also make you come to appreciate the finer indulgences in life, like a nice glass of red wine and aged cheese. Or at least that’s how I felt. The directors of Ratatouille

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