Ratatouille Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava Cast: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy
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- DVD Release Date: 11/06/2007
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- Sales Rank: 1,451
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Features
Deleted scenes; An all-new animated short Remy & Emile in "Your Friend the Rat"; Fine food & Film; "Lifted"
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Disc #1 -- Ratatouille
1. World's Best [:00]
2. This is Me [:00]
3. Taste This [:01]
4. Caught [:00]
5. Exodus [:00]
6. Wall Rat [:00]
7. Le Cooks [:55]
8. Big Break [:21]
9. Discovered [:03]
10. The Pact [:33]
11. First Day [4:36]
12. Test Drive [1:24]
13. Accidental Success [:55]
14. Cooking With Colette [:33]
15. Something New [:54]
16. Old and New Friends [:12]
17. Homecoming [:29]
18. Exterminator [:11]
19. Kiss & Vinegar [:14]
20. Losing Control [:24]
21. Paper Chase [:04]
22. Up & Down [:33]
23. Heist to See You [1:03]
24. Big Night(mare) [:16]
25. Ego Orders [:26]
26. Truth Hurts [1:10]
27. Dinner Rush [2:15]
28. Best Shot [:17]
29. The Review [1:39]
30. La Ratatouille [1:21]
31. End Creditouilles [3:06]
Editorial Reviews
A scrawny rat named Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt) finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird's madcap computer-animated comedy. It's hard being a rat with culinary aspirations, but Remy is convinced he has what it takes to break the stereotypes and follow in the footsteps of star chef Auguste Gusteau (voice of Brad Garrett). As fate would have it, Remy is currently situated in the sewers directly beneath Gusteau's elegant restaurant. Soon Remy teams up with a young chef with little talent named Linguini (voice of Lou Romano). Together they are able to create some fabulous dishes, but they live in fear that someone will discover their secret and object strenuously to a rat being in a kitchen. When Remy's passion for cooking turns the haughty world of French cuisine upside down, the rat who would be king of the kitchen learns important lessons about life, friends, and family while questioning whether he should pursue his culinary calling or simply go back underground and return to his life as a sewer rat. Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 5 and UP
What to watch out for
- Messages
- Sex:
Linguini and Colette flirt, embrace, and kiss.
- Violence:
Remy is hunted by an angry, gun-toting grandma and knife-throwing chefs. One chef is rumored to be an ex-con and looks menacingly at the rest of the kitchen staff. The sewer sequence early in the movie is somewhat scary.
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
- Drugs:
It's France, and no French meal is served without a good bottle of wine.
- Language:
A few mild insults: "stupid," "loser," etc.
What Parents Need to Know
About Ratatouille
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.
Families Can Talk About
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? Do kids know the Pixar brand name? Does that make them more likely to want to see something? 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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