Pixar succeeds again. A stunningly animated film. Fast pacing. Memorable characters. Overall good humor.
Ratatouille
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Common Sense says
Dig into Pixar's delicious, well-crafted rat tale.
Themes in this movie include: family relationships, friendship, honesty
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 5 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of Ratatouille was written by Sandie Angulo Chen
Parents need to know that Disney has spared no expense to market its latest Pixar film to kids. Even preschoolers who can't pronounce the title will know about the movie with the cooking rat. Like all of Pixar's other films, this movie includes nuanced humor (about the French, haute cuisine, food critics, etc.) and references aimed directly at adults. Not surprisingly for an animated kids' movie, the main protagonist, Linguini, is an orphan -- although at least he's a young adult and not a child. There's some light peril involving the rats and weapon-wielding humans, but it's harmless and comical.
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- Families can talk about what made kids want to see this movie -- the story or all of the advertising? Does it matter that the title is hard to spell/pronounce or that the main characters are rats?
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- Families can also discuss the film's theme -- pretending to be something you're not. Linguini takes credit for Remy's cooking ideas in order to look like a chef, and Remy turns away from his rat family to be with his human friends and eat good food. How does pretending catch up to each of them?
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What’s the Story?
RATATOUILLE follows the culinary adventures of Remy (voiced by comedian Patton Oswalt), a unique rat who can't stomach eating garbage. He wants the good stuff -- like truffle oil and fine artisan cheeses -- which brands him the snobby black sheep of his crew. After Remy's family is driven from their habitat by a gun-toting grandma, he emerges onto the streets of Paris, where he's visited by the ghost of renowned, recently deceased uber-chef Gusteau (Brad Garrett), who was famous for the populist saying "Anyone can cook." Remy is drawn to Gusteau's now three-star restaurant (it lost a star after Gusteau died), where he feels right at home ... before getting sighted and nearly killed by flying knives. Remy, quick with the spices, saves young kitchen helper Linguini (Lou Romano) from ruining the soup of the day, and the two form an odd-couple bond. From then on, Remy becomes part Mister Miyagi, part puppeteer as he helps Linguini cook up delicious specials that put Gusteau's back on the culinary map. But as Linguini soaks in his new fame as the chef du jour, Remy grows increasingly bitter that someone else is taking credit for his recipes. The film's nemeses are Gusteau's new head chef -- an angry little dictator (Ian Holm) who wants to make millions selling a line of pre-packaged frozen foods -- and Anton Ego (Peter O'Toole), a food critic who loves writing negative reviews.
Is It Any Good?
At this point, it's pretty much a given that families and young children will line up to see anything made by Pixar, which seems incapable of producing a dud. But Ratatouille, like director Brad Bird's family adventure The Incredibles, is the rare animated film that could just as easily captivate an audience full of childless adults. Granted, the world of haute French cuisine is an unlikely setting for a kid-friendly flick, but Bird makes it irresistible.
The story doesn't have the emotional depth of The Incredibles or Finding Nemo, but the animation is every bit as dazzling. Every scene of the chefs shredding, peeling, dicing, and stirring is vibrant and layered. And the moment Ego tastes the titular dish is so delicious a visual reference that it deserves to be a surprise. Kids may ultimately favor the child-centric appeal of Toy Story or the vroom-vroom adventure of Cars, but grown ups will find a reason to ask for seconds of Ratatouille.
Movie Details
Studio: Pixar Animation Studios, Director: Brad Bird
Run time: 110 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/28/2007, DVD release: 11/6/2007
MPAA Rating: G
Run time: 110 minutes
Theatrical release: 6/28/2007, DVD release: 11/6/2007
MPAA Rating: G
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I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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- Educational
- Good role models
a five star pixar... and a rare family treat
there is really nothing bad that i can say about this movie. it is excellent and a movie that the whole family can enjoy.
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
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Good Movie.
Good movie. so good. So good my dad says it is good. Oh, perfectionist, SPEAK WITH MY FATHER. If you do, I hope you get scared.
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I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
what... the ... heck
This movie was extremely stupid. Not only did it have a stupid plot; a stupid story, and stupid characters; it also had stupid lines.
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I rate this title iffy for age 6 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Excessive consumerism
this movie was ok.
it was good but very kiddish and somewhat too much for kids too see, there are very many sexual moments in this movie.
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I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
Not an interesting subject for kids of any age.
There is nothing worrying, but it's not of interest to children because it is really about the hierarchy in fine-dining kitchens and food critics and has a lot of specific food terminology....yawn.
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I rate this title iffy for age 4 and give it
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- Excessive violence
GOOD MOVIE
a good well thought out story. but there is way to much vilonce.
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I rate this title on for age 5 and give it- My concerns are:
- Excessive violence
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- Educational
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I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Educational
- Good role models
BRILLIANT
It was a GREAT MOVIE. but for older kids coz yunger wont get it...
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- Good role models
Brad Bird is a genius! This and the Incredibles are the best Pixar Movies of all time! What I sometimes got frustrated about were the characters heavy acents, cause it was difficult to understand what they were saying.
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I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
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good movie
I think its a good movie, but one of the charaters gets drunk in the movie. but it has a good message.
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I rate this title off for age 2 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
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Good for adults...not for kids!
Absolutely hated, the first scene with the couple fighting and then kissing. What does a young child need to see that for? What "mood" needs to be set for the young child? Second scene. Grandma with gun! She shoots everything, she is ready to kill! Third scene, the HUGE mouth to mouth makeout kiss between the two cooks. Why do my kids need to see that? How is that furthering the story. I don't even get why romance is always thrown in to EVERY SINGLE CHILD's film! It's like we want them to start kissing each other! The one good thing I really liked about the film for kids, is when the main character gets really upset at the rat because he betrayed his trust. That was a good message. And it was a very clear message. As an adult I enjoyed the film, but for my kids, I've already thrown the DVD away.
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I rate this title on for age 4 and give it
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- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- Good role models
I WENT TO SE RATATOUILLE WHEN I WAS SIX AND IT WAS A CUTE MOVIE
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I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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any over 4
awsome
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I rate this title on for age 7 and give it
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- Excessive violence
Family violence
While I enjoyed the movie, no one has mentioned what I thought was a pretty disturbing scene near the beginning. As Remy (the rat) is scampering through the rooftops of Paris, he observes a couple in a heated argument. By heated, I mean the man is grabbing the woman's arms and she is screaming and pointing a gun at him. Remy keeps going, and then there's the sound of a gunshot. Remy returns to see that the gun has gone off, the couple is still struggling, but then the man overpowers the woman and kisses her, she struggles at first and then seems to be overcome with passion and stops resisting and becomes what one may assume is a willing participant. I was a little disturbed by the domestic and sexual violence (physical struggle, forced embrace) presented in the scene, and think that for children, this would be an important point to address, and something to know about should you/your children be survivors of family violence.
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I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
I love this movie!
This is one of Disney's best movies! It is a family favorite in our house. I have it on my iPod, andwatch it constantly.
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I rate this title on for age 5 and give it
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- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- Good role models
i like it...
I think it's very good...it's very funny. i saw it when i was 7 years old. i enjoyed it a lot.
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I rate this title on for age 6 and give it
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- Excessive violence
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- Good role models
Perfect...A Deliciously Well-Crafted Tale...
RATATOUILLE is film magic. It is funny, visually gorgeous, moving, and very smart. For anyone who likes Pixar or just good movies in general, this is a must-see. There is some cartoon violence. A mad grandma wildly shoots at some rats with a shotgun in a scene that will be scary for little kids. Remy the rat is tossed around in the kitchen and has knives and axes thrown at him. There is no sex, and language is one "h*ll" ("welcome to "h*ll").
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I rate this title iffy for age 7 and give it
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- Excessive violence
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
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- Good role models
That part was AWESOME!!!!!!!!
I liked that part when those 2 guys tasted the ratatouille
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I rate this title iffy for age 5 and give it
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- Inappropriate language
the best pixar yet
good movie i would not say clean the chief goes welcome to he-- whine is served guns at the begining a few kisses i think up will be a better movie i am going to see it with my friends and girl friend this saturday personaly i think this movie will be cleaner then up bye
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