Year or Release: 2007Country of Origin: USA
Directors: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Cast: (voices) Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Peter O'Toole
Plot outline: Remy is a young rat in the French countryside who arrives in Paris, only to find out that his cooking idol is dead. When he makes an unusual alliance with a restaurant's new garbage boy, the culinary and personal adventures begin despite Remy's family's skepticism and the rat-hating world of humans (IMDb).
In terms of technological achievement in 3D animation, this movie is very well made - the most recent that comes out from Pixar studio. The story is also very well scripted. But, one little thing that bothers me is the story (a rat who wants to be a chef) is fundamentally similar to other stories (e.g. a pig who wants to be a sheepdog, a penguin who wants to be a tap dancer, etc.) that have been told so many times before. In terms of this, the story lacks originality. Nevertheless, Peter O'Toole gives an outstanding, memorable voice-over as menacing Anton Ego, the hard-to-please food critic from The Grim Eater. Still and all, this is a very good movie for the whole family.
My judgement: **1/2 out of 4 stars
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