Ratatouille

RATATOUILLE (2007) - June 21, 2007
I think this movie just confirms that Brad Bird and Pixar is the best combination since peanut butter and chocolate. This was a really well made and enjoyable film about a Parisian rat who loves good food and dreams of being a chef. Visually, this may be the best looking CG cartoon yet, as the design of all the characters and the film itself is pretty much perfect, and it's extremely well animated. While it's probably not as good as the Incredibles, that film would have been pretty much impossible to top. This is a really enjoyable film, really well written and directed by Brad Bird, who is quickly proving to be a truly great director. I saw this film with a horrendously bad audience and I still managed to like it as much as I did; a repeat viewing is definitely in order. The fact that this film will almost certainly be outperformed by Shrek 3 is a sad, sad state of affairs. ***1/2