Boring, unfunny and very overrated

there were some scenes outside the kitchen. were you in the bathroom when they occurred? the boat jumping chase scene, the motorcycle scene, the parts in the beginning with the old lady.... I wasn't disappointed, since you were that's unfortunate, but I don't see how a movie revolving around a mouse as a chef could be "too realistic" or how the actual experience wasn't enjoyable. it was incredibly enjoyable! at least for me*

wow, you guys are hard to please just like that food critic eh?

and what's so "too realistic" about rats become chefs and chef assistants? or how some rat can control a human body just by yanking human hair? talking rats? or even the way the characters look!?

I've seen more "too realistic" 3D animated films than this. Animatrix, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, are all more realistic than Ratatoullie.


"Son of a submariner!" - Kefka Palazzo

Personally, I was revolted by this movie. First there were the hundreds of rats in that old lady's attic, and then Remy climbs out of the sewer and directly into the kitchen, runs through the entire room, crawls inside the pots and pans they're about to cook in, climbs up the ladles, throws ingredients into the soup and rolls around in the roast/vegetable dish they put in the oven. And that's just the first 25 minutes. It got worse from there. Everybody I saw the movie with was utterly disgusted, we couldn't get into it at all. It was sickening.

I found this movie boring, unfunny, and very overrated, too, but for different reasons.

Kitchens and food are very important and overlooked sites of Paris. So I found the setting refreshing, the typical sites of Paris have been done before.

The animation did bother me, it was too stylized. I'm not a fan of overt color schemes, bendy people, and the typical exaggerated physical features.

The food critic was the only character I liked, too. He had the best lines and the best style. I'm not sure I'd call any of the other characters "too realistic", to me they were just trite stock characters. And I found them all really annoying and unable to relate to or even respect.

There weren't a lot of funny bits. There weren't a lot of "aww" bits. There were a lot of "Oh god :|" moments, though, and "..." moments. The best part, I thought was the critic's review.

And I agree with your last statement entierly. They could, and have, done much better. I really don't get why all the critics raved about this one.

it's true. it's awful. it's long, boring and i couldn't tell you what the point was. i still don't understand the english critic, the stereotypically terrible french accents and the american sound main character. why couldn't everyone just speak in an american accent and stop the madness?! it didn't embrace being set in paris; it could have been anywhere. and i agree with a pp who said it grossed them out to have rats running around a kitchen. that was sick.

a side issue i have...could someone tell me why the lead character in pixar movies are boys or men and when they have a love interest i.e. collette or eva in wall*e are nasty and then after softening, fall in love. nice role model for girls. thanks.

Also in my opinion this movie is highly overrated, as most of Pixar movies, if not all. Finding Nemo is the only exception in the Pixar movie which i did like to see.

Don'tget me wrong, the movies are well animated. But I think the focus is way to much on animations. It is the same when i read the comment, everybody is talking about the animations. BUt keeep in mind that animations are just tools to tell a story. The story in Ratatouille is very superficial. It seems the trend (The incredibles, Wall-E, Toy Story 1 & 2, Shrek) like in most comedies.

I'm a real film addict,and book addict (Just story addict), and I can tell you the characters and story of Ratatouille never grabbed me during the film. Crown jewels like Lion King and Mulan are the latest proof of Disney's ability to make good animated movies. I am afraid, Disney interprented the succes of LIon King wrongly by thinking too much abou the ridiculous humour of Timon and Pumbaa while just the headline story and the atmospere made the film that beautiful.

Now we, as audience, are left alone with only the Timon & Pumbaa humour in the animated american movies. At least outside of the united states still, beautiful animated movies are made. For example "The triplets of belleville"

An animated movie, the same as live action, doesnt neccecarily have to be funny.

I feel the same way! overrated! nothing special... only an animation with a storyline.... wow... big deal!
It should receive awards for the picture quality.... but #144 in History!? COME ON!!!! 8.2 is waaaay too much! I rated it 6/10.