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DVD Details
- Original Theatrical Release: June 29th, 2007
- Rated: G
- Director: Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava (credited as co-director)
- Aspect ratio: 2:39:1
- Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
- DVD Release Date: November 6th, 2007
- Suggested Retail Price: 29.99
A lot of DVD covers carry the claim “one of the best reviewed films of the year!!!!” However, this is one film that is the real deal. Ratatouille scored an amazing 97 percent fresh rating on the Rotten Tomatoes film review Web site, and is so far in the top ten best reviewed films of 2007. If any film has the right to splash the “best reviewed film of the year” subheading on their DVD box, Ratatouille surely does.
The Movie
A simple French rat named Remy (Patton Oswalt) dreams of becoming a great chef despite his family’s wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in Paris, France, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau (Brad Garrett). Despite the apparent dangers of being an unwanted visitor in the kitchen at one of Paris’ most exclusive restaurants, Remy forms an unlikely partnership with Alfredo Linguini (Lou Romano), the garbage boy, who inadvertently discovers Remy’s amazing talents and has a few secrets of his own. Remy and Linguini both find they must be true to themselves and the people they love in order to succeed in life and in the restaurant world.
review of the movie when it originally premiered in theaters this past June.]
The Goodies
There is a disappointing lack of bonus features for Ratatouilleis included is interesting but falls far short of what we have come to expect from a Pixar release.