Ratatouille (2007)

All Critics (219) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (211) | Rotten (8) | DVD (39)

Kids are gonna gobble Ratatouille up; adults will relish its wit, and everyone will want to go out to eat after.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

Bob Mondello

NPR.org

Top Critic

Ratatouille is a film made for snobs that may still repel them.

January 18, 2008 Full Review | Comments (19)

Joshua Rothkopf

Time Out New York

Top Critic

A lot of animated movies have inspired sequels, notably Shrek, but Brad Bird's Ratatouille is the first one that made me positively desire one.

August 31, 2007 Full Review | Comments (14)

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Ratatouille is a veritable feast for the eye and the ear. Don't miss it.

July 18, 2007 Full Review | Comments (4)

Andrew Sarris

New York Observer

Top Critic

In Ratatouille, the level of moment-by-moment craftsmanship is a wonder.

July 16, 2007 Full Review

David Denby

New Yorker

Top Critic

Would it be redundant - or too premature - to call 'Ratatouille' the best film of the year?

July 12, 2007 Full Review

Joe Baltake

Passionate Moviegoer

Top Critic

Up there with Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. as one of Pixar's best creature features.

November 3, 2012 Full Review

Ali Gray

TheShiznit.co.uk

As classically as "Babe," "Ratatouille" turns animal-kingdom expectations on their ear for a unique, generous and gleeful gastronomic masterpiece that knows it's not much fun to look out, or cook, only for yourself.

September 17, 2010 Full Review

Nick Rogers

Suite101.com

To borrow a line from the film, which includes an insightful look at the art of criticism: my compliments to the chef.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Brett Michel

Boston Phoenix

It's a mélange of top notch production quality, great performances, amazing animation, and a universal story of friendship.

July 6, 2010 Full Review

Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Genuine enchantment

August 27, 2009 Full Review | Comments (3)

Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Ratatouille lacks the nutritional value of a truly satisfying meal. Only near the end does it serve up something meatier.

March 10, 2009 Full Review

Steve Biodrowski

Cinefantastique

When is a rat a lark? When he's created by Brad Bird. Brad Bird, the animation maestro from Pixar, invents a spunky, gourmet rodent in the lively, spicy romp Ratatouille.

February 2, 2009 Full Review

Tony Macklin

Fayetteville Free Weekly

A long run time (110 minutes) plus sly humor might make for restless kiddos. But take them anyway. Pixar is brain power.

October 18, 2008 Full Review

David Medsker

Bullz-Eye.com

Ratatouille can expect to rake in the accolades.

August 26, 2008 Full Review

Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com

Journey to the Center of the Broth

May 10, 2008 Full Review

Thomas Peyser

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

Most of the discussions of food come off like an animated Frasier episode, which shouldn't have broad enough appeal.

March 3, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Jeff Bayer

The Scorecard Review

Ratatouille is a delicious, delightful stew of a film, a classical fairy tale told with the language of 21st-century technology

February 28, 2008 Full Review

Brandon Fibbs

Colorado Springs Gazette

One of the few Pixar films which, for me, seemed more geared toward just kids, as opposed to their usual balance of kid/adult themes.

February 22, 2008 Full Review | Comments (14)

JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Emporium

One might have wished for a hero type more acceptable in terms of food preparation. Otherwise, delicious.

January 23, 2008 Full Review | Comment (1)

Jules Brenner

Cinema Signals

arguably the finest film in Pixar's distinguished canon

December 18, 2007

Marlow Stern

Manhattan Movie Magazine

Ratatouille is an instant classic.

November 15, 2007 Full Review

Geoff Berkshire

Metromix.com

Complex in its simplicity. It can be summed up quickly by saying it's about a rat who helps a clumsy oaf achieve greatness in a French restaurant. But the rich themes that it covers in the process are universal and inspiring.

November 12, 2007 Full Review

Ryan Cracknell

Movie Views

Brad Bird is still on top of his game... if you think you can't make your dreams come true, try being a rat who wants to cook in a five-star restaurant.

November 10, 2007 Full Review

Kevin A. Ranson

MovieCrypt.com

• 1. Remy: What... Are you eating?
  2. Emile: I don't really know. I think it was some sort of... rapper once.
  – Submitted by Karthi K (10 months ago)
• 1. Django: This is the way things are. You can't change nature.
  2. Remy: Change *is* nature, Dad. The part that *we* can influence. And it starts when we decide.
  – Submitted by Allan C (11 months ago)
• 1. Remy: Change is nature, Dad. The part that we can influence. And it starts when we decide.
  – Submitted by Allan C (11 months ago)
• 1. Remy: What... Are you eating?
  2. Emile: I don't really know. I think it was some sort of... rapper once.
  – Submitted by Cuthbert N (13 months ago)
• 1. Colette: Keep your stations clear or I will kill you!
  – Submitted by Claudia S (14 months ago)
• 1. Emile: The key, my friend, is to not be picky. Observe.
  – Submitted by Mark U (14 months ago)

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