{"id":4368,"date":"2025-07-22T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T21:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=4368"},"modified":"2025-06-19T21:37:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T03:37:29","slug":"movie-ratatouille-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/22\/movie-ratatouille-2007\/","title":{"rendered":"MOVIE: Ratatouille (2007)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2007
Rating: G
Length: 111 minutes \/ 1.85 hours<\/p>\n

There are few films that hit home quite like Ratatouille<\/em> (2007) does. Not only is it a gorgeously animated representation of French cooking (and cooking in general), but its message about pursuing your creative dreams despite the obvious challenges is an important one. I think this film and La La Land<\/em><\/a> (2016) both speak volumes about what it means to work in creative spaces. True talent will rise to the top, but only if they have the grit to keep with it.<\/p>\n

I have a soft spot for Brad Bird’s films, and Ratatouille<\/em> is no exception. The theme of exceptional outsiders strings through from The Iron Giant<\/em> (1999) to The Incredibles<\/em> (2004) and really lands here in Ratatouille. While there are so many movies out there that tell you to “follow your dreams,” Ratatouille<\/em> does so with such a juxtaposition that you figure it would never happen. Rats are dirty, so how could one become a famed chef? And yet, we root for Remy (Patton Oswalt) because it feels impossible and if he can achieve his goals, then maybe we can as well.<\/p>\n

Visually, Ratatouille<\/em> hits right at that peak of the rise of Pixar. Picture-perfect food was the flex they brought to the big screen just like they did with fur effects in Monsters Inc.<\/em><\/a> (2001) or water effects in Finding Nemo<\/em> (2003). Anchoring this movie to a real place also meant they needed it to look believable to those who have actually been to Paris\u2014something that hadn’t happened in a Pixar movie before. There’s just so much about this movie to recommend it that if you haven’t tried it, I suggest you give it a taste.<\/p>\n

A powerful message wrapped in beautiful, food-filled visuals, I give Ratatouille<\/em> 5.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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This film appears in the following posts:<\/em><\/span>
Cinema Connections #108. Hidden Culinary Talent<\/a>
Cinema Connections #109. Paris, France<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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