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"Unfunny, banal, dreary, and most of the time flavorless."
Staring the voices of Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, along with many others, “Ratatouille” is strictly for toddlers. The film takes place in Paris and centers on a Rat with a passion to cook. Remy (Patton Oswalt) is a rat that has one dream. That dream is to cook like his hero Anton Gusteau (Brad Garrett), who has recently passed away. His restaurant is left to a clumsy chef by the name of Linguini (Lou Romano). By fate, Remy comes across Gusteau’s restaurant and has the chance of a life time when he meets Linguini, a chef in desperate need of help. Remy decides to help Linguini get Gusteau’s Restaurant restored to the five star restaurant that it was meant to be. Like “Cars”, I thought that Ratatouille overstayed it’s welcome for an animated film, but that’s not the only reason I didn’t like the film. There are several reasons why I despise this movie. One thing is how slow the film is. I never laughed, which is one really disappointing apparatus about most recent animated films. It lacks interesting characters and a briskly paced plot. “Ratatouille” delivers nothing remotely clever in it’s 111 minute running time. I hated this film and I use the word hate with delight. I found nothing cute, witty, or appealing about a rat cooking at a restaurant in Paris.It was never funny and found myself dozing off. I watched it twice, which means I gave it a second chance, and saw absolutely nothing special about it. Sluggish and never interesting. Not even moderately entertaining. This is a wildly overrated animated feature that won a award it surely doesn’t deserve. In my opinion, “Beowulf” should have took the spot of “Ratatouille” for the nomination. Of course, “The Simpsons Movie” is still the winner for me. This I would put under the category for Toddlers if there was one. Possibly the worst Pixar movie to date. Might keep kids under 7 interested for a while but adults will squirm in their seats. Sluggish and slow paced with an uninteresting plot. I just can’t see what critics liked about it. Unfunny, banal, dreary, and most of the time flavorless. 1/5 stars
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