Ratatouille
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
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Pixar’s story of a very low-born culinary artiste debuts on my list at #4 all-time favorite movies (right after Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were Rabbit, Flushed Away, and Wall-E). As with the aforementioned, a talented cast combines with flawless animation and a saucy script to deliver a tasty evening’s entertainment. If you haven’t guessed the story from the trailers, Remy, a country rat, is separated from his family (never mind, they never understood him anyway) and arrives alone in Paris, home of his idol, the television chef Gusteau. Joining forces with the new garbage boy at Gusteau’s restaurant, Remy sets the world aflame with his unconventional gustatory inventions. But life is hard for a rat in a human’s world, and life isn’t exactly easy for a garbage boy in a chef’s world. The overall story is predictable - boy meets rat, boy loses rat, boy gets rat back again - but the script is laugh-out-loud funny and refreshingly intelligent and completely enjoyable. If you haven’t seen it, rent it; fetch some pizza from Hideaway and get ready for a good time.