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Ratatouille |  | Actor: Ian Holm
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  703 reviews
Sales Rank: 262
Format: Digital Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 786936727173
UPC: 786936727173
EAN: 0786936727173
ASIN: B000VBJEEG
Theatrical Release Date: June 29, 2007
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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RATATOUILLE (DVD/WS 2.39/DD 5.1/SP-FR-BOTH)
Amazon.com
One key point: if you can get over the natural gag reflex of seeing hundreds of rodents swarming over a restaurant kitchen, you will be free to enjoy the glory of Ratatouille, a delectable Pixar hit. Our hero is Remy, a French rat (voiced by Patton Oswalt) with a cultivated palate, who rises from his humble beginnings to become head chef at a Paris restaurant. How this happens is the stuff of Pixar magic, that ineffable blend of headlong comedy, seamless technology, and wonder (in the latter department, this movie's views of nighttime Paris are on a par with French cinema at its most lyrical). Director Brad Bird (The Incredibles) doesn't quite keep all his spinning plates in the air, but the gags are great and the animation amazingly expressive--Remy's shrugs and nods are nimbler than many flesh-and-blood actors can manage. Refreshingly, the movie's characters aren't celebrity-reliant, with the most recognizable voice coming from Peter O'Toole's snide food critic. (This fellow provides the film's sole sour note--an oddly pointed slap at critics, those craven souls who have done nothing but rave about Pixar's movies over the years.) Brad Bird's style is more quick-hit and less resonant than the approach of Pixar honcho John Lasseter, but it's hard to complain about a movie that cooks up such bountiful pleasure. --Robert Horton
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 Very enjoyable and unexpected storyline March 11, 2010
Lucille E. Young (Los Angeles)
Rat movies are always seem to make good storytelling; having previously purchased Flushed Away and Despereaux, I did not know what to expect from this one, since they are all very different plotlines. The movie is fun from the very beginning and can even qualify as an action movie. I found Ratatouille to be an excellent buddy, as well as a great family movie.
 Great Animation no matter you love food or not March 10, 2010
P. C. Fung
Another great movie from pixar. It is great animation no matter you love food or not.
A surprisingly enjoyable film, few extras on the DVD March 5, 2010
Craig MACKINNON (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Remy the Rat, unlike his brother, father, and extended family, refuses to eat just anything that he finds lying around. He is a gourmand - sneaking into a human's kitchen to read her cookbooks, trying various mushrooms to try and find the best match to his cheese, etc. When he ends up in Paris, he finds Gusteau's restaurant in a declining state - savaged by the critic Ego, with a head chef more interested in developing microwave burritoes than in cooking fine food.
The biggest hurdle to enjoying this film, as mentioned in the Amazon description, is the fact that this movie is about rats. Hundreds of them in some scenes. Ironically, it's the success of the advances in computer animation that makes it difficult - these are not the rodents of "The Rescuers". They are much more realistic and even I, who have no particular aversion to rats, was a little creeped out by the hyper-realism of Remy's rippling fur.
Ultimately the story comes down to the conflict between Remy (and his human avatar Linguini) and the critic Ego. The resolution of this conflict is so surprisingly satisfying and effective that it redeems the entire film, which is otherwise not particularly original.
I can also report that this film works well for children. Although too dialogue-heavy for really young children, my son inserted the film into his regular rotation starting about age 4. It's not requested as much as Cars (obviously!) but it's certainly watched more often than Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., or Aladdin.
This DVD has a couple of really good extras - the short "Lifted" (which, again, my 4-year-old loves) and the promo short "Your Friend the Rat". But these two short films - grand total of maybe 15 minutes - is the sum total of all the extras. There are no making-of featurettes, no director's commentary, etc. For children, I'm sure they don't care. For animation/Disney afficionados, this is disappointing to say the least, especially considering that Pixar commentaries are usually very entertaining and informative.
 Blue ray quality is poor as a dvd!! February 28, 2010
Jorge Ramos
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was expecting more quality with blue ray, but it's almost like a dvd quality. It's no to much the difference!!!
I expected better... February 28, 2010
Michelle L. Devon (Texas, USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I expected something better, funnier. Even my son, who usually likes all of these Disney and Pixar movies found this one a little 'boring' he said. We did rewatch it when it came on television earlier this month, just because it was on for background noise. It's cute, don't get me wrong, but if you're expecting Disney and/or Pixar classics Finding Nemo (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) or Monsters, Inc. (Two-Disc Collector's Edition), you'll likely be a little disappointed like we were. I feel this show is more for the older viewer too, older kids or tweens, instead of the younger kids who will enjoy Nemo just for the pretty colors and movements, while the older kids like the storyline (and by older kids, I mean adults too!)
So while I don't think it's a bad movie to watch, it's not exactly what I had hoped it would be and I wouldn't spend money buying it unless you are into collecting the Disney movies. Otherwise, just rent it and enjoy it for what it is.
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