Ratatouille is a computer-animated comedy film released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2007. It was directed by Pixar Animation Studios and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was written and directed by Brad Bird, who succeeded Jan Pinkava as Pixar's director in 2005, and produced by Brad Lewis, based on an original idea by Bird, Pinkava, and Jim Capobianco. The title connects to the French cuisine ratatouille, which is served at the conclusion of the film, as well as the main character's species, a rat. The story is set in Paris and follows Remy, a rat who aspires to be a chef and attempts to attain his objective by forging an alliance with the garbage boy of a Parisian restaurant.
I love this movie because it shows a small rat's unwavering resolve to improve and achieve a better life from what others saw as a method of simply surviving.
Remy, a young rat with a keen sense of smell and taste, aspires to be a chef like his idol, Auguste Gusteau. The rest of his colony, including his brother Émile and his father, Django, the clan chief, are solely interested in food for survival. The rats have taken up residence in the attic of an elderly woman's home. Remy and Émile accidently reveal the colony to the woman when rummaging the house for ingredients one day. Remy is separated from the others as the rats are forced to flee. He falls down the drain and, with the help of a fictitious Gusteau, emerges above the kitchen of Gusteau's Restaurant in Paris.
When Remy sees Alfredo Linguini, the restaurant's garbage boy, attempting to mend a soup he wrecked, he leaps in and corrects Linguini's errors. Linguini catches Remy in the act but keeps him hidden from Skinner, Gusteau's former sous-chef and the restaurant's new owner. When the soup is mistakenly served and proves to be a success, Colette Tatou, the restaurant's only female chef, persuades Skinner to keep Linguini in order to support Gusteau's credo, "Anyone Can Cook." Skinner, on the other hand, demands that Linguini duplicate the soup in order to keep his employment. When Skinner notices Remy attempting to flee, he tells Linguini to take him outside and execute him. Linguini realizes that Remy understands him while they're alone, and he persuades Remy to assist him in the kitchen at Gusteau's.
Remy discovers that by pulling on Linguini's hair while hidden under his toque, he can control his movements like a puppet. They are able to recreate the soup and continue to cook at Gusteau's thanks to their collaboration. Colette reluctantly begins Linguini's kitchen instruction, but eventually comes to respect someone who follows her professional advise. Remy reunites with Émile and the clan, but while Django tries to persuade Remy that changing humans' aversion to rats is impossible, Remy asserts that "change is nature."
Linguini is Gusteau's illegitimate son and the legal owner of the restaurant, according to a letter from Linguini's late mother. Skinner pursues Remy throughout Paris after discovering the letter in Skinner's office, but Remy takes it to Linguini, who drives Skinner out. Remy's dishes grow increasingly famous, and Linguini's life improves as he establishes a romantic involvement with Colette. At the end, Remy, Linguini, and Colette team up to build La Ratatouille, a restaurant to carry on Gusteau's legacy, which Ego invests in and frequents. The rat colony makes their new home in the attic of the cafe.
Guys, I have seeing many Disney movies but this right here is the real gem. For those who haven't seeing this, trust me you won't be disappointed.
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