Ratatouille

Pros: Sweet story, charming characters, very child appropriate`
Cons: not a lot of action, may be a bit slow for some children

With two children (ages six, and two) you can bet I'd heard about Ratatouille for some time before it hit the theatres. So, off to the movies we went on opening weekend to catch the latest kiddie flick. What's Ratatouille? From the winning ...

Pros: Fine animation and performances, especially from Holm and O'Toole
Cons: Younger viewers may not understand the philosophical elements of the movie

It's often been said that some of the finest cuisine in the world can be found in the restaurants of Paris. In the animated feature Ratatouille, we meet a surprising chef, and the secret of his success. The chef is Remy (Patton Oswalt), a rat who ...

Pros: Funny, great animation, voice acting, and music; very entertaining...
Cons: ... just a couple of niggles; not PIXAR's absolute best...

Ratatouille is PIXAR’s fun-filled animated movie that instantly brings to mind the immortal words of a UB40 song, “There’s a rat in my kitchen, what am I going to do?!”. However this isn’t just any rat we’re ...

Pros: Excellent animation and storytelling; warmhearted and funny tone; terrific voice talent (especially O'Toole)
Cons: Only if you're squeamish about rodents making soup

It would seem that anyone named Alfredo Linguini might just be destined to become a great chef. But alas, the skinny, red-haired character of Pixar's latest animation hit Ratatouille has a hard time living up to his name. Although his mother was ...

Pros: Wonderful animation. Funny, entertaining movie with great characters.
Cons: None for me.

Since 1995 with the release of T oy Story, Pixar has been making excellent computer animated movies. I have seen and loved all of their movies. They somehow keep managing to top their previous movies with every new ...

Pros: Brilliant. That's a 'pro' right?
Cons: Not really.

As ‘Ratatouille’ winds down, a food critic explains within a review that, ultimately, criticism is easy, and the real ‘fun’ involved comes by way of a well-crafted skewering. But, he quickly adds, there is occasionally something wonderful, and being ...

Pros: Animation, voice casting, direction, writing, pacing...pretty much everything.
Cons: What, you don't like rats? In the kitchen?

The biggest criticism I keep reading about Pixar's latest masterpiece is that "there are rats...in the kitchen!" And since "Ratatouille" is about a rat who dreams of becoming a master chef in Paris, well, yeah. There are rats. In the kitchen. ...

Pros: Great story, beautiful animation and excellent "voice" acting
Cons: None

What would you do if you found a rat in your kitchen? Scream? Jump up on a chair? Try to kill it with a meat cleaver? Most of us would not welcome the rodent into our kitchen at home much less a major restaurant in Paris. But that is where the ...

Pros: Original, fresh, funny, French
Cons: None

While motherhood has many blessings, I was convinced that the arrival of my beautiful daughter would herald the end of seeing movies in the theatre for the foreseeable future. But thanks to a wonderful program at the local Cineplex (aptly titled Mommy ...

Pros: Fun characters, good pace, kept me and my 3 year old interested
Cons: Not enough French, wine drinking could upset some parents

While my husband was busy getting excited about seeing T ransformers, my three year old daughter and I had just as good a time going to the movies to see Disney’s new animation movie, Ratatouille. Sometimes ...

Pros: Very funny scenes, top notch animation as always
Cons: Too may plots spoiled the broth

I knew this day would come eventually, but I was dreading it. Since I first saw Toy Story in 1995, I have been in love with Pixar. The only one of their films I didn't instantly love was The Incredibles, but even that one I grew to love ...

Pros: good story, strong characters, very funny, breathtaking Paris visuals
Cons: Linguini's name distracting, draws on a lot of commonly used elements

Everyone has hopes and dreams, but not all hopes and dreams are equally likely to come true. Remy dreams of being a chef, but his dream seems doomed to fail. For one thing, his family is dead set against it. For another, he rarely has access to choice ...

Pros: ?
Cons: See review.

Man, I really wish that Pixar Animation Studios would stop making such good movies. It's starting to take the flavor out of them. I mean, c'mon-----they're just predictable now. 1995-----Toy Story is released. Everybody says, "Hey, I betchu A ...

Pros: Bird's Direction, Story, Look, Animation, Score, Characters, & Voices.
Cons: None.

Known for his work in animation for such films as The Iron Giant and 2004's Pixar-animated film The Incredibles. Brad Bird is considered to be one of the best film animators for Pixar and Disney. In 2007, Bird returns with his third ...

Pros: Stunning computer-generated animation.
Cons: Boring story. Not amusing. Thin plot stretched over too-long running time.

I have to preface this review by stating that I AM a fan of the Disney-Pixar collaboration films, having enjoyed and consider classic such previous hits as Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, Cars, Monsters, Inc, and so forth. ...