Kronz
06-30-2007, 07:59 AM
I watched the movie tonight and was for the most part pleased. So I decided to write this review.
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Disney Pixar's newest children's film, Ratatouille, is just what I and everyone else expected it to be: simplistic, beautiful, somewhat emotional, at times preachy, at times annoying, and at certain intervals undeniably formulaic. The story is the standard Pixar fare: bizarre, but somehow evocative of some sympathy and understanding on the part of the viewer. This is perhaps the film's soaring achievement--the establishment of a genuine connection--a rapport, if you will--between the viewer and each of the major characters--characters like the feminist zealot Colette or the disastrously sloppy Linguini, who is terribly remiss in everything he does, or even the cute winsome little rat (I never thought I'd use those four words together) Remy, whose heart is torn between his family and his great passion for the culinary arts in spite of the fact that he--a rat--is perhaps the most unlikely of chefs.
Besides this, though, the story is very linear, fringing sometimes on predictable. Notwithstanding, it is thus far the best, most wholesome and hearty family film of the summer and is poised to maintain that top position. There are some real zingers, and overall, it is innocuous fun for the whole family.
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Disney Pixar's newest children's film, Ratatouille, is just what I and everyone else expected it to be: simplistic, beautiful, somewhat emotional, at times preachy, at times annoying, and at certain intervals undeniably formulaic. The story is the standard Pixar fare: bizarre, but somehow evocative of some sympathy and understanding on the part of the viewer. This is perhaps the film's soaring achievement--the establishment of a genuine connection--a rapport, if you will--between the viewer and each of the major characters--characters like the feminist zealot Colette or the disastrously sloppy Linguini, who is terribly remiss in everything he does, or even the cute winsome little rat (I never thought I'd use those four words together) Remy, whose heart is torn between his family and his great passion for the culinary arts in spite of the fact that he--a rat--is perhaps the most unlikely of chefs.
Besides this, though, the story is very linear, fringing sometimes on predictable. Notwithstanding, it is thus far the best, most wholesome and hearty family film of the summer and is poised to maintain that top position. There are some real zingers, and overall, it is innocuous fun for the whole family.