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| alt = Remy, a cartoon rat, smiles nervously as he clings onto a piece of cheese while he is pinned to a door by sharp knives and forks. The film's tagline, "He's dying to become a chef", is displayed along the top. A logo with the film's title and pronunciation is shown at the bottom, with the dot on the 'i' in "Ratatouille" doubling as a rat's nose with whiskers and a chef's toque. | |||
|writer = Brad Bird<br>'''Story:'''<br>Jan Pinkava<br>Jim Capobianco<br>Brad Bird<br>Emily Cook<br>Kathy Greenberg | |||
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budget = US$150 million<ref>{{cite news|author=Michael Cieply|title=It’s Not a Sequel, but It Might Seem Like One After the Ads|publisher=New York Times|date=]|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/movies/24orig.html}}</ref>| | |||
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| released = {{Film date|2007|6|22|]|2007|6|29|United States}} | |||
| runtime = 111 minutes | |||
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| budget = $150 million<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cieply |first1=Michael |title=It's Not a Sequel, but It Might Seem Like One After the Ads |work=The New York Times |date=April 24, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/movies/24orig.html |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009174030/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/24/movies/24orig.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
| gross = $623.7 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ratatouille.htm |title=Ratatouille (2007) |work=] |publisher=] |access-date=August 4, 2010 |archive-date=August 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816061210/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ratatouille.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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'''''Ratatouille''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|r|æ|t|ə|ˈ|t|uː|i}} {{respell|RAT|ə|TOO|ee}}) is a 2007 American<!-- Please do not add "French". Although set in France, the film was developed and produced by an American studio.--> ] ] film<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ratatouille (2007) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55185-RATATOUILLE?sid=6b43c35d-b005-4eef-a37d-dbf9a4fc90ea&sr=10.701259&cp=1&pos=0 |access-date=July 27, 2022 |website=American Film Institute |archive-date=July 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727164423/https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55185-RATATOUILLE?sid=6b43c35d-b005-4eef-a37d-dbf9a4fc90ea&sr=10.701259&cp=1&pos=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> produced by ] for ]. ], it was written and directed by ] and produced by ], from an original idea by ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Justin |date=2007-06-18 |title=Film Review: Ratatouille |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/ratatouille-2-1200558501/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920173033/https://variety.com/2007/film/awards/ratatouille-2-1200558501/ |url-status=live }}</ref> who was credited for conceiving the film's story with Bird and ]. The film stars the voices of ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. The title refers to the French dish ], and also references the species of the main character, a rat. Set mostly in ], the plot follows a young rat Remy (Oswalt) who dreams of becoming a chef at Auguste Gusteau's (Garrett) restaurant and tries to achieve his goal by forming an unlikely alliance with the restaurant's garbage boy Alfredo Linguini (Romano). | |||
'''''Ratatouille''''' (]: {{IPA|/ˌɹætəˈtui, -ˈtwi/}}; French: {{IPA|/ʁataˈtuj/}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Ratatouille|author=Dictionary.com|title=Ratatouille - Definitions from Dictionary.com}}</ref>) is a ] ] produced by ] and distributed by ]. It tells the story of Rémy (voiced by ]), a ] living in ] who wants to be a ]. The film was directed by ], who took over from ] in 2005, and it was released on ], ] in the ]. | |||
Development for ''Ratatouille'' began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film, although he was never formally named the director of the film. In 2005, following Pinkava's departure from Pixar for lacking confidence in the story development, Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story. Bird and some of the film's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration. To create the food animation used in the film, the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States. Lewis interned at ]'s ] restaurant, where Keller developed the ], a dish used in the film. ] composed the Paris-inspired music for the film. | |||
==Plot== | |||
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''Ratatouille'' premiered on June 22, 2007, at the ] in ], ], with its general release on June 29, in the United States. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $623.7 million worldwide. It finished its theatrical run as the ] and the year's second highest-grossing animated film (behind '']''{{--)}}. The film received widespread acclaim for its screenplay, animation, humor, voice acting, and Giacchino's score. It also won the ] and was nominated for several more, including ]. ''Ratatouille'' was later voted one of the 100 greatest motion pictures of the 21st century by a ] conducted by the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |title=The 21st Century's 100 greatest films |publisher=BBC |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=December 16, 2016 |archive-date=November 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124191856/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Rémy (]) lives in a rat colony in the attic of a ] country home with his brother Émile (]) and father Django (]). Inspired by France's recently deceased top ], Auguste Gusteau (]), Rémy tries to live the life of a ]. Not appreciating his talents, his clan puts him to work sniffing for ] in their food. | |||
==Plot== | |||
Rémy and the rats flee the house when the resident, an old woman, discovers the colony. Rémy, separated from the others, floats in the ]s to ] on a ] by Gusteau, following the chef's image to his namesake ], now run by former ] Skinner (]). As Rémy watches from a ] a young man with no ] talent, Alfredo Linguini (]), arrives with a letter of introduction from his recently deceased mother, and is hired on to do ]ial duties. Linguini spills a pot of ] and attempts to cover up his mistake by adding random ingredients. Upset, Rémy falls into the ] and attempts to fix the ruined soup rather than trying to escape. Linguini catches Rémy in the act, just as Skinner catches Linguini. In the confusion some of the soup has been served. To everyone's surprise, the soup is a success. | |||
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Remy, a young rat with heightened senses of taste and smell, dreams of becoming a chef like his human idol, the late Auguste Gusteau, but the rest of his colony, including his older brother Émile and his father, the clan leader Django, only eat for sustenance and are wary of humans. The rats live in an elderly woman's attic outside ], but when the woman discovers them, they are forced to evacuate, and Remy is separated. Encouraged by an imaginary Gusteau, he explores until he finds himself on the roof of Gusteau's eponymous restaurant. | |||
Remy notices the restaurant's new garbage boy, Alfredo Linguini, attempting to fix a soup he ruined and jumps in to fix Linguini's mistakes. Linguini catches Remy in the act but does not reveal him to Skinner, Gusteau's former sous-chef and the new owner and chef of the restaurant. Skinner confronts Linguini over the soup, but when the soup is accidentally served and proves to be a success, Colette Tatou, the restaurant's only female chef, convinces Skinner to retain Linguini and uphold Gusteau's motto, "Anyone can cook". After demanding that Linguini replicate the soup, Skinner spots Remy and orders Linguini to take him outside and kill him. Once they are alone, Linguini discovers that Remy can understand him, and he convinces Remy to help him cook. | |||
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The kitchen's sole woman cook, Colette (]), convinces Skinner not to ] Linguini provided he can recreate the soup. Thus begins an alliance by which Rémy secretly directs Linguini. The two perfect a ]-like arrangement by which Rémy tugs at Linguini's hair to control his movements and stays hidden under Linguini's ]. | |||
Remy controls Linguini's movements like a ] by pulling on his hair while hiding under his ]. They recreate the soup and continue cooking at the restaurant. Colette begrudgingly trains Linguini but steadily appreciates him heeding her advice. Later, Remy finds Émile and reunites with the clan. After Remy tells Django that he intends to stay at the restaurant, Django shows him a group of exterminated rats to convince him that humans are dangerous, but Remy ignores his warnings and leaves. | |||
Skinner plies Linguini with vintage ] in an unsuccessful attempt to discover the secret of his unexpected talents. The next morning, ] and disheveled, Linguini nearly confides his secret to Colette. Desperately trying to stop Linguini, Rémy pulls his hair, making him fall on Colette, leading the two to ]. They begin ], leaving Rémy feeling abandoned. Meanwhile, Skinner learns after some ] that, unknown to everyone, Linguini is in fact Gusteau's son and stands to ] the restaurant. This would thwart Skinner's ambition to exploit Gusteau's image to market ]. | |||
Meanwhile, Skinner discovers a letter from Linguini's late mother stating that Linguini is Gusteau's illegitimate son and the rightful owner of the restaurant. Skinner is shocked and enraged about this revelation, as Gusteau's will stated that he would inherit ownership of the restaurant only if no biological heir appeared two years after the latter's death. After his lawyer verifies that Linguini is Gusteau's heir, Skinner hides the evidence in an envelope, but Remy finds it, escapes, and shows it to Linguini, who then sacks Skinner and discontinues a line of frozen food that Skinner had started. The restaurant thrives as Remy's recipes become popular, and Linguini's life improves as he develops a romantic relationship with Colette. Food critic Anton Ego, whose previous negative review of the restaurant indirectly led to Gusteau's death, announces to Linguini that he will review the restaurant again the following day. After Linguini takes credit for Remy's cooking at a ], he and Remy have a falling out. As revenge, Remy leads his clan to raid the restaurant's pantries. Linguini arrives to apologize, but upon discovering the raid, he furiously expels Remy and his clan from the restaurant. | |||
One night Rémy and his colony are reunited. While ] food Rémy discovers Gusteau's ] which, after a chase by Skinner, he presents to Linguini. Linguini now owns the restaurant, fires Skinner, and becomes a rising star in the culinary world. After a falling out, Linguini decides he no longer needs Rémy, and Rémy retaliates by leading a kitchen raid for his rat colony. Linguini attempts to ] to Rémy, only to discover and kick out his whole colony. Rémy feels guilty about hurting his friend, and refuses to join them in resuming the raid. | |||
The next day, Remy is captured by Skinner but quickly freed by Django and Émile. After returning to the restaurant, he and Linguini reconcile, and Linguini reveals Remy and his cooking techniques to his staff, who all immediately quit. Reminded of Gusteau's motto, Colette returns to help the clan cook under Remy's direction while Linguini waits tables. Skinner and a health inspector attempt to interfere, but the rats lock them in the pantry. Remy creates a ] of ], which reminds Ego of his mother's cooking. Ego asks to meet the chef and is stunned when introduced to Remy. The next day, he writes a review, stating that he has come to understand Gusteau's motto and describing Remy without revealing that he is a rat. | |||
Although the rats imprisoned Skinner and the health inspector, the authorities learned of the rats in the kitchen and Gusteau's is shut down, stripping Ego of his job and credibility. Remy, Linguini, and Colette open a ] called La Ratatouille, which a now-happier Ego invests in and frequents; the rat colony settles into the bistro's attic as their new home. | |||
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* ] as Remy, a young blue rat who is interested in cooking. Director Brad Bird chose Oswalt after hearing his food-related comedy routine.<ref name="moryvisit">{{cite news |author=Drew McWeeny |title=Moriarty Visits Pixar To Chat With Brad Bird And Patton Oswalt About RATATOUILLE! |publisher=] |date=May 21, 2007 |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/32729 |access-date=May 21, 2007 |archive-date=May 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523060810/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32729 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] as Alfredo Linguini, the illegitimate son of the deceased famous chef Auguste Gusteau and the restaurant's hapless garbage boy who befriends Remy. | |||
* ] as Skinner, the cruel, rat-hating new owner of Gusteau's, as well as its head chef and former ] before Gusteau's death. Skinner's behavior, diminutive size, and ] are loosely based on ].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.telemoustique.be/cps/rde/xchg/tm/hs.xsl/magazine_ratatouille.html?archive_numero=4254 |title=Ratatouille, le film |publisher=Telemoustique |date=August 8, 2007 |language=fr|access-date=December 22, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071211061319/http://www.telemoustique.be/cps/rde/xchg/tm/hs.xsl/magazine_ratatouille.html?archive_numero=4254 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = December 11, 2007}}</ref> The character was named after the psychologist ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sciretta |first1=Peter |title=Ratatouille Fun Facts |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/ratatouille-fun-facts/ |publisher=/Film |access-date=April 11, 2021 |date=June 16, 2007 |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519135756/https://www.slashfilm.com/ratatouille-fun-facts/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
* ] as Django,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://es.scribd.com/document/6695691/Ratatouille-Script|title=Ratatouille Script|website=Scribd|access-date=October 14, 2018|archive-date=November 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105091543/https://es.scribd.com/document/6695691/Ratatouille-Script|url-status=live}}</ref> Remy's father and leader of the rat clan. | |||
* ] as Émile, Remy's older brother | |||
* ] as Anton Ego, a cynical and easily displeased restaurant critic, inspired by ].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Lesoir.be |language=fr |date=August 1, 2007 |access-date=December 22, 2007 |url-status=dead |title=Louis De Funès, Louis Jouvet, Charles De Gaulle… Le jour de gloire est arrivé. Et au diable les " freedom fries " !|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102035303/http://www.lesoir.be/culture/cinema/louis-de-funes-louis-jouvet-2007-08-01-542527.shtml |url=http://www.lesoir.be/culture/cinema/louis-de-funes-louis-jouvet-2007-08-01-542527.shtml|archive-date=January 2, 2008 }}</ref> | |||
* ] as Auguste Gusteau, the recently deceased founder of his respective restaurant of the same name, inspired by real-life chef ], who committed ] after his restaurant, ], was rumored to be losing a ].<ref>{{cite news |author=Molly Moore and Corinne Gavard |title=A Taste of Whimsy Wows the French |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081300990.html |access-date=August 14, 2007 |date=August 14, 2007 |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109131341/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081300990.html |url-status=live }}</ref> La Côte d'Or was one of the restaurants visited by Brad Bird and others in France.<ref name="parlez"/> Gusteau was also inspired by chef ] for the character traits.<ref>{{cite web|title=Quand Paul Bocuse fricotait avec Rémy, le héros du film Ratatouille|url=https://www.bfmtv.com/people/cinema/quand-paul-bocuse-fricotait-avec-remy-le-heros-du-film-ratatouille_AN-201801200036.html|website=BFM TV|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=January 20, 2018|language=fr}}</ref> | |||
* ] as Colette Tatou, Gusteau's ], and Linguini's love interest, inspired by French chef ].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Molly|last2=Gavard|first2=Corinne|title=A Taste of Whimsy Wows the French|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081300990.html|access-date=November 16, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 14, 2007|archive-date=January 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108164412/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/13/AR2007081300990.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
* ] as Horst, Skinner's German '']'' who changes his backstory every time he is asked. | |||
* Julius Callahan as Lalo, Gusteau's Haitian '']'' and '']'' | |||
** Callahan also voices François, the advertising executive handling the marketing of Skinner's microwaveable food under Gusteau's name | |||
* ] as Larousse, Gusteau's '']'' | |||
* ] as Mustafa, Gusteau's '']'' | |||
* ] as Talon Labarthe, Skinner's lawyer | |||
* Tony Fucile as Patrick Pompidou, Gusteau's '']'' | |||
** Fucile also voices Nadar Lessard, a ] employed by Skinner. In the UK version, Lessard is voiced by ].<ref name="sfcarticle"/> | |||
* ] as Git, a former lab rat and member of Django's colony | |||
* ] as Ambrister Minion, Ego's butler | |||
* ] as TV narrator | |||
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] came up with the concept in 2000, creating the original design, sets and characters and core storyline, but he was never formally named the director of the film.<ref>{{cite web | author = Leo N. Holzer | title = Pixar cooks up a story | work = The Reporter | date = June 29, 2007 | url = http://www.thereporter.com/billboard/ci_6260970 | access-date = June 29, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070702164407/http://www.thereporter.com/billboard/ci_6260970 | archive-date = July 2, 2007 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> By 2004, Pixar added ] as a co-director and he was given exclusive control of the story.{{sfn|Price|2008|p=249}} After three months and lacking confidence in the story development,<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Steve Daly |title=Brad Bird cooks up "Ratatouille" |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20166944_20166964_20043277_2,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080506073932/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20166944_20166964_20043277_2%2C00.html |archive-date=May 6, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Pixar management turned to '']'' director ] to direct the film, just as Pinkava departed Pixar in 2005 while Peterson left the film to return to work on '']''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/503894/tom-mccarthy-was-a-screenwriter-on-pixars-up/ |title=Tom McCarthy Was A Screenwriter On Pixar's Up - Slash Film |date=May 26, 2009 |access-date=February 18, 2023 |archive-date=February 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210194314/https://www.slashfilm.com/503894/tom-mccarthy-was-a-screenwriter-on-pixars-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="early taste">{{cite news | author = Bill Desowitz | title = Brad Bird Offers an Early Taste of Ratatouille | publisher = Animation World Magazine | date = April 25, 2007 | url = https://www.awn.com/animationworld/brad-bird-offers-early-taste-ratatouille | access-date = May 22, 2007 | archive-date = October 10, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151010141559/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/brad-bird-offers-early-taste-ratatouille | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Jim Hill | title = Why For did Disney struggle to come up with a marketing campaign for Pixar's latest picture? Because the Mouse wasn't originally supposed to release "Ratatouille" | publisher = Jim Hill Media | date = June 28, 2007 | url = http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/06/28/toon-thursday-why-did-disney-struggle-to-come-up-with-a-ratatouille-marketing-campaign-because-the-mouse-wasn-t-supposed-to-release-this-particular-pixar-film.aspx | access-date = July 1, 2007 | archive-date = September 21, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070921101653/http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/06/28/toon-thursday-why-did-disney-struggle-to-come-up-with-a-ratatouille-marketing-campaign-because-the-mouse-wasn-t-supposed-to-release-this-particular-pixar-film.aspx | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062601251.html | title = Pixar Perfectionists Cook 'Ratatouille' | newspaper = The Washington Post | date = June 26, 2007 | access-date = January 15, 2008 | first = David | last = Germain | archive-date = October 29, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192635/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/26/AR2007062601251.html | url-status = live }}</ref>{{sfn|Price|2008|p=250}} Bird was attracted to the film because of the outlandishness of the concept and the conflict that drove it: that rats feared kitchens, yet a rat wanted to work in one.<ref name="moryvisit"/> Bird was also delighted that the film could be made a highly ],<ref name="early taste"/> with the character of Linguini providing endless fun for the animators.<ref>{{cite web|title=Linguini a la Carte |publisher=Yahoo! |date=May 22, 2007 |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Ratatouille/1808490293/trailers/8/381 |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526103543/http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Ratatouille/1808490293/trailers/8/381 |archive-date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> Bird rewrote the story, with a change in emphasis. He killed off Gusteau, gave larger roles to Skinner and Colette,<ref>{{cite news | author=Helen O'Hara | title = First Look: Ratatouille | work=] | page = 62 | date = June 28, 2007}}</ref> and also changed the appearance of the rats to be less ].<ref name="ignedit">{{cite web | author = Scott Collura & Eric Moro | title = Edit Bay Visit: Ratatouille | website = IGN | date = April 25, 2007 | url = http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/783/783392p1.html | access-date = May 22, 2007 | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091109104953/http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/783/783392p1.html | archive-date = November 9, 2009 | df = mdy-all }}</ref> | |||
| style="text-align: left;" | "It is a wonderful story about following your passions when all the world is against you. A rat to a kitchen is death; a kitchen to a rat is death." | |||
Because ''Ratatouille'' is intended to be a romantic, lush vision of Paris, giving it an identity distinct from the studio's previous films,<ref name="early taste"/> director Brad Bird, producer Brad Lewis and some of the crew spent a week in the city to properly understand its environment, taking a motorcycle tour and eating at five top restaurants.<ref name="parlez">{{cite web|title=Parlez-vous Francais |publisher=Yahoo! |date=May 22, 2007 |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Ratatouille/1808490293/trailers/8/381 |access-date=May 23, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526103543/http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Ratatouille/1808490293/trailers/8/381 |archive-date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> There are also many water-based sequences in the film, one of which is set in the sewers and is more complex than the ] scene in '']''. One scene has Linguini wet after jumping into the ] to fetch Remy. A Pixar employee (Shade/Paint department coordinator Kesten Migdal) jumped into Pixar's swimming pool wearing a chef's uniform and apron to see which parts of the suit stuck to his body and which became translucent from water absorption.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Technical Ingredients |publisher=Disney Pictures |url=http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/main.html |access-date=May 23, 2007 |archive-date=May 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525221059/http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/main.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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A challenge for the filmmakers was creating computer-generated images of food that would appear delicious. Gourmet chefs in both the U.S. and France were consulted,<ref name="ignedit"/> and animators attended cooking classes at ] culinary schools to understand the workings of a ].<ref name="sfcarticle">{{cite news | access-date=June 29, 2007 | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/MNGGIQNA7M1.DTL | work=San Francisco Chronicle | date=June 28, 2007 | author=Stacy Finz | title=Bay Area flavors food tale: For its new film 'Ratatouille,' Pixar explored our obsession with cuisine | archive-date=June 30, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630133627/http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/MNGGIQNA7M1.DTL | url-status=live }}</ref> Sets/Layout department manager Michael Warch, a culinary-academy-trained professional chef before working at Pixar, helped teach and consult animators as they worked. He also prepared dishes used by the Art, Shade/Paint, Effects and Sets Modeling departments.<ref name="cook 101">{{cite web | title=Cooking 101 | publisher=Disney Pictures | url=http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/main.html | access-date=May 23, 2007 | archive-date=May 25, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070525221059/http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/main.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nytfood">{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/dining/13rata.html?ex=1339387200&en=988ed2df8b9bcdb4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | author=Kim Severson | date=June 13, 2007 | title=A Rat With a Whisk and a Dream | access-date=June 30, 2007 | work=The New York Times | archive-date=June 14, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614124840/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/dining/13rata.html?ex=1339387200&en=988ed2df8b9bcdb4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | url-status=live }}</ref> Renowned chef ] allowed producer Brad Lewis to intern in his ] kitchen. For the film's ], Keller suggested a fancy, layered version of the title dish for the rat characters to cook, called "]".<ref name="sfcarticle"/> The same ] technique that was used on the skin in '']'' was used on fruits and vegetables,<ref name="animated edit"/> while new programs gave an organic texture and movement to the food.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cooking Up CG Food |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=May 24, 2007 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20608 |access-date=May 24, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526042435/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20608 |archive-date=May 26, 2007 }}</ref> Completing the illusion were music, dialogue, and ] representing the characters' mental sensations while appreciating food. The visual flavor ]s were created by animator ] inspired by the work of ] and ].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gagné |first1=Michael |url=http://www.gagneint.com/Final%20site/Animation/Pixar/Ratatouille.htm |publisher=Gagne International |title=Taste Visualization for Pixar's Ratatouille |access-date=July 9, 2007 |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918062838/http://www.gagneint.com/Final%20site/Animation/Pixar/Ratatouille.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> To create a realistic compost pile, the Art Department photographed fifteen different kinds of produce, such as ]s, berries, ]s, ]s, ], ], and ], in the process of rotting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.radiofree.com/reviews/ratatoui.shtml |publisher=Radio Free Entertainment |title=Ratatouille (review) |access-date=July 1, 2007 |archive-date=July 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718141933/http://movies.radiofree.com/reviews/ratatoui.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The cast members strove to make their French accents authentic yet understandable. ] notes that he often segued into an Italian accent.<ref name="parlez"/> ] was cast as the character of Skinner after Bird saw him in ]. According to Pixar designer Jason Deamer, "Most of the characters were designed while Jan was still directing… He has a real eye for sculpture."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Robertson |first1=Barbara |title=Fish, Rats, Chefs and Robots |publisher=CGSociety |url=http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4144 |access-date=July 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808015610/http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4144 |archive-date=August 8, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to Pinkava, the critic Anton Ego was designed to resemble a ].<ref>{{cite web |author=Bruce R. Miller |title=Book shows how 'Ratatouille' was made |work=Sioux City Journal |date=June 30, 2007 |url=http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/06/29/entertainment/local/8eead5ae7d53b500862573070071c572.txt |access-date=June 30, 2007}}</ref> To save time, human characters were designed and animated without toes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canmag.com/nw/8040-ratatouille-concept-art-fun-facts |title=Ratatouille Concept Art and Fun Facts! |publisher=CanMag |date=June 16, 2007 |access-date=July 8, 2011 |archive-date=August 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828163414/http://www.canmag.com/nw/8040-ratatouille-concept-art-fun-facts |url-status=usurped }}</ref> ] was originally approached for a role but he declined as he was busy raising kids.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://people.com/movies/why-dana-carvey-left-hollywood/ | title=Why Dana Carvey Says He Left Hollywood in the Late '90s — and What He's Doing Now | access-date=December 17, 2022 | archive-date=November 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108122453/https://people.com/movies/why-dana-carvey-left-hollywood/ | url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Rat expert Debbie Ducommun (a.k.a. the "Rat Lady") was consulted on rat ] and characteristics.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rat fanciers hope animated film will help their pets shed bad PR |author=Cynthia Hubert |date=June 22, 2007 |work=]}}</ref> Along with Ducommun's insight a ] containing pet rats sat in a hallway for more than a year so animators could study the movement of the animals' fur, noses, ears, paws, and tails as they ran.<ref name="animated edit">{{cite news |author=Anne Neumann |title=Ratatouille Edit Bay Visit! |publisher=Comingsoon.net |date=April 25, 2007 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19939 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121219225736/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19939 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 19, 2012 |access-date=May 21, 2007 }}</ref> | |||
Promotional material for ] credits their platform for a 30 percent performance improvement in rendering software. They used ''Ratatouille'' in some of their marketing materials.<ref>{{cite news |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |title=Intel Helps Disney/Pixar Cook Up Ratatouille |url=http://www.awn.com/news/films/intel-helps-disneypixar-cook-ratatouille |access-date=October 6, 2015 |journal=] |date=July 3, 2007 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012033932/http://www.awn.com/news/films/intel-helps-disneypixar-cook-ratatouille |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Desowitz |first=Bill |url=http://www.awn.com/articles/production/iratatouillei-pixar-style-ibon-appetiti/page/2%2C1 |title=Ratatouille Pixar Style: Bon Appétit |publisher=Animation World Network |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012034021/http://www.awn.com/articles/production/iratatouillei-pixar-style-ibon-appetiti/page/2%2C1 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 }}</ref> | |||
The film was animated with traditional techniques rather than ]. Bird noted this in the ] because he felt there was a trend of using real-time performance capture in animated films instead of the frame by frame methodology he "love & was proud that we had used" on the movie.<ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/bradbirda113/status/1282845727446765568 |website=Twitter |language=en |access-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-date=June 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620151115/https://twitter.com/bradbirda113/status/1282845727446765568 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
==Soundtrack== | |||
{{Further|Ratatouille (soundtrack)}} | |||
''Ratatouille'' is the second Pixar film to be scored by ] after ''The Incredibles''. It is also the second Pixar film not to be scored by ] or ]. The scores feature a wide range of instrumentation and are influenced by various music genres. Giacchino wrote two themes for Remy, one about him with the rat colony and the other about his hopes and dreams. He also wrote a buddy theme for both Remy and Linguini that plays when they are together. In addition to the score, Giacchino wrote the main theme song, "Le Festin", about Remy and his dream to be a chef. French artist ] (who was 29 at the time of the film's release) was hired to perform "Le Festin" after Giacchino listened to her music and realized she was perfect for the song; as a result, the song is sung in French in almost all versions of the film.<ref name="slashfilm1">{{cite web |last1=Lussier |first1=Germain |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/michael-giacchino-talks-music-pixar-d23-expo/ |title=Michael Giacchino Talks The Music Of Pixar (D23 Expo) |publisher=/Film |date=September 2, 2011 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062138/http://www.slashfilm.com/michael-giacchino-talks-music-pixar-d23-expo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ] was released by ] on June 26, 2007. | |||
'''Ratatouille (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing'''<ref>{{Citation |title=Ratatouille (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |date=2007-01-01 |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/7Dr08Oi3zxdCzmFulSXSs2 |access-date=2024-06-14 |language=en}}</ref> | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!<abbr>No.</abbr> | |||
!Title | |||
!Length | |||
|- | |- | ||
!1. | |||
| style="text-align: left;" | — Producer ] on the film's theme<ref>{{cite news | author = Jason Adams | title = INT: John Lasseter | publisher = Joblo.com | date = ] | url = http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=13476 | accessdate=2007-05-21}}</ref> | |||
|"Le Festin" (performed by ]) | |||
|}--> | |||
|2:50 | |||
] came up with the concept and directed the film from 2000, creating the original design, sets and characters and core storyline.<ref>{{cite web | author = Leo N. Holzer | title = Pixar cooks up a story | publisher = The Reporter | date = ] | url = http://www.thereporter.com/billboard/ci_6260970 | accesdate = 2007-06-29}}</ref> Pixar management replaced him with Bird in 2005.<ref name="early taste">{{cite news | author = Bill Desowitz | title = Brad Bird Offers an Early Taste of Ratatouille | publisher = Animation World Magazine | date = ] | url = http://mag.awn.com/?article_no=3258 | accessdate=2007-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Jim Hill | title = Why For did Disney struggle to come up with a marketing campaign for Pixar's latest picture ? Because the Mouse wasn't originally supposed to release "Ratatouille" | publisher = Jim Hill Media | date = ] | url = http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2007/06/28/toon-thursday-why-did-disney-struggle-to-come-up-with-a-ratatouille-marketing-campaign-because-the-mouse-wasn-t-supposed-to-release-this-particular-pixar-film.aspx | accesdate = 2007-07-01}}</ref> Bird was attracted to the film because of the outlandishness of the concept and the conflict that drove it: that kitchens feared rats, yet a rat wanted to work in one.<ref name="moryvisit"/> Bird was also delighted that the film could be made a highly ],<ref name="early taste"/> with the character of Linguini providing endless fun for the animators.<ref>{{cite web | title = Linguini a la Carte | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Ratatouille/1808490293/trailers/8/381 | accessdate = 2007-05-23}}</ref> Bird rewrote the story, with a change in emphasis. He killed off Gusteau and gave larger roles to Skinner and Colette,<ref>{{cite news | author = Helen O'Hara | title = First Look: Ratatouille | publisher = ] | pages = 62 | date = ] | accessdate=2007-06-29}}</ref> and also changed the appearance of the rats to be less ].<ref name="ignedit">{{cite news | author = Scott Collura & Eric Moro | title = Edit Bay Visit: Ratatouille | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/783/783392p1.html | accessdate=2007-05-22}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
!2. | |||
|"Welcome to Gusteau's" | |||
|0:38 | |||
|- | |||
!3. | |||
|"This Is Me" | |||
|1:41 | |||
|- | |||
!4. | |||
|"Granny Get Your Gun" | |||
|2:01 | |||
|- | |||
!5. | |||
|"100 Rat Dash" | |||
|1:47 | |||
|- | |||
!6. | |||
|"Wall Rat" | |||
|2:41 | |||
|- | |||
!7. | |||
|"Cast of Cooks" | |||
|1:41 | |||
|- | |||
!8. | |||
|"A Real Gourmet Kitchen" | |||
|4:18 | |||
|- | |||
!9. | |||
|"Souped Up" | |||
|0:50 | |||
|- | |||
!10. | |||
|"Is It Soup Yet?" | |||
|1:16 | |||
|- | |||
!11. | |||
|"A New Deal" | |||
|1:56 | |||
|- | |||
!12. | |||
|"Remy Drives a Linguini" | |||
|2:26 | |||
|- | |||
!13. | |||
|"Colette Shows Him le Ropes" | |||
|2:56 | |||
|- | |||
!14. | |||
|"Special Order" | |||
|1:58 | |||
|- | |||
!15. | |||
|"Kiss & Vinegar" | |||
|1:54 | |||
|- | |||
!16. | |||
|"Losing Control" | |||
|2:04 | |||
|- | |||
!17. | |||
|"Heist to See You" | |||
|1:45 | |||
|- | |||
!18. | |||
|"The Paper Chase" | |||
|1:44 | |||
|- | |||
!19. | |||
|"Remy's Revenge" | |||
|3:24 | |||
|- | |||
!20. | |||
|"Abandoning Ship" | |||
|2:55 | |||
|- | |||
!21. | |||
|"Dinner Rush" | |||
|5:00 | |||
|- | |||
!22. | |||
|"Anyone Can Cook" | |||
|3:13 | |||
|- | |||
!23. | |||
|"End Creditouilles" | |||
|9:16 | |||
|- | |||
!24. | |||
|"Ratatouille Main Theme" | |||
|2:09 | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" |Total length: | |||
|62:23 | |||
|} | |||
==Release== | |||
Because ''Ratatouille'' is intended to be a romantic, lush vision of ], giving it an identity distinct from previous Pixar films,<ref name="early taste"/> director Brad Bird, producer Brad Lewis and some of the crew spent a week in the city to properly understand its environment, taking a motorcycle tour and eating at five top restaurants.<ref name="parlez">{{cite web | title = Parlez-vous Francais | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Ratatouille/1808490293/trailers/8/381 | accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref> There are also many water-based sequences in the film, one of which is set in the sewers and ten times more complex than the ] scene in '']''. One scene has Linguini wet after jumping into the ] to fetch Rémy. A Pixar employee (Shade/Paint Dept Coordinator Kesten Migdal) wearing a chef uniform and apron jumped into Pixar's swimming pool to see which parts of the suit stuck to his body and which became translucent from water absorption.<ref>{{cite web | title = The Technical Ingredients | publisher = Official site | url = http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/main.html | accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref> | |||
===Theatrical=== | |||
''Ratatouille'' was initially scheduled for release on June 9, 2006, but was later pushed back to June 29, 2007. This shift was reportedly made to accommodate the 2006 date for '']''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4078711.stm |title=Pixar-Disney delay Cars release |work=] |date=December 8, 2004 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-date=December 18, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061218194411/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4078711.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
''Ratatouille''{{'}}s world premiere was on June 22, 2007, at Los Angeles' ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/ratatouille-is-served/2/ |title="Ratatouille" Is Served |work=] |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126190818/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/ratatouille-is-served/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/vstory/VR1117967629.html?categoryid=38 |title=Audiences in on 'Ratatouille' pack |work=] |date=June 25, 2007 |access-date=December 22, 2007 |first=Anthony |last=D'Alessandro}}</ref> The commercial release was one week later, with the short film '']'' preceding ''Ratatouille'' in theaters. Earlier in the year, it had received an ] nomination.<ref name="quint">{{cite news |author=Eric Vespe |title=Quint orders a giant plate of RATATOUILLE and eats it up!!! |publisher=] |date=June 9, 2007 |url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/32939 |access-date=June 10, 2007 |archive-date=June 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612123731/http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32939 |url-status=live }}</ref> A ] of the film was shown at the Harkins Cine Capri Theater in ] on June 16, 2007, at which a Pixar representative was present to collect viewer feedback.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Huxley |first1=Thomas |url=http://pixarplanet.com/blog/report-from-pixar-screening-of-ratatouille |title=Report from Pixar Screening of Ratatouille |publisher=Pixar Planet |date=June 9, 2007 |access-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-date=January 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122173206/http://pixarplanet.com/blog/report-from-pixar-screening-of-ratatouille/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Disney CEO Bob Iger announced an upcoming theatrical re-release of the film in 3D at the Disney shareholders meeting in March 2014.<ref name=cartoon>{{cite news |url=http://blog.bcdb.com/incredibles-animated-sequel-6987/ |title=Incredibles Animated Sequel |first=Dave |last=Koch |publisher=] |date=March 18, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140319172802/http://blog.bcdb.com/incredibles-animated-sequel-6987/ |archive-date=March 19, 2014 }}</ref> | |||
===Food design=== | |||
A challenge for the filmmakers was creating computer-generated food animations that would appear delicious. Gourmet chefs in both the US and France were consulted,<ref name="ignedit"/> and animators attended cooking classes at ] culinary schools,<ref name="sfcarticle">{{cite news | accessdate=2007-06-29 | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/MNGGIQNA7M1.DTL | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | date=], ] | author=Stacy Finz | title=Bay Area flavors food tale: For its new film 'Ratatouille,' Pixar explored our obsession with cuisine}}</ref> to understand the workings of a ]. Sets/Layout Dept Manager Michael Warch, a culinary-academy trained professional chef prior to working at Pixar, helped teach and consult animators as they worked. He also prepared dishes used by the Art, Shade/Paint, Effects and Sets Modeling Departments.<ref name="cook 101">{{cite web | title = Cooking 101 | publisher = Official site | url = http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/ratatouille/main.html | accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref><ref name="nytfood">{{cite news | url = http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/dining/13rata.html?ex=1339387200&en=988ed2df8b9bcdb4&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | author = Kim Severson | date = ], ]| title = A Rat With a Whisk and a Dream | accessdate=2007-06-30}}</ref> Celebrity chef ] allowed producer Brad Lewis to intern in his ] kitchen. For the film's climax Keller designed a fancy layered version of the title dish for the rat characters to cook, which he called "]" in honor of the original Turkish name.<ref name="sfcarticle"/> The same sub-surface light scattering technique that was used on skin in '']'' was used on fruits and vegetables,<ref name="animated edit"/> while new programs gave an organic texture and movement to the food.<ref>{{cite news | author = ] | title = Cooking Up CG Food | publisher = Comingsoon.net | date = ] | url = http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=20608 | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref> Completing the illusion was music, dialogue, and abstract imagery that represents the characters' mental sensations while appreciating food. The visual flavor metaphors were created by animator Michel Gagné.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gagneint.com/Final%20site/Animation/Pixar/Ratatouille.htm | author= Michel Gagné| publisher= Gagne International | title=Taste Visualization for Pixar's Ratatouille | accessdate=2007-07-09}}</ref> | |||
To create a realistic looking compost pile, the Art Department photographed fifteen different kinds of produce, such as apples, berries, bananas, mushrooms, oranges, broccoli and lettuce, in the process of rotting.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://movies.radiofree.com/reviews/ratatoui.shtml | author= | publisher=Radio Free Entertainment | date= | title=Ratatouille (review) | accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref> | |||
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===Marketing=== | ||
The trailer for ''Ratatouille'' debuted with the release of ''],'' its immediate predecessor. It depicts an original scene where Remy is caught red-handed on the cheese trolley in the restaurant's dining area, sampling the cheese and barely escaping the establishment, intercut with separate scenes of the rat explaining directly to the audience why he is taking such risks. Similar to most of Pixar's teaser trailers, the scene was not present in the final film release.<ref name="yahoo1">{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/video/ratatouille-trailer-185316448.html |title='Ratatouille' Theatrical Trailer |publisher=Yahoo! |date=April 15, 2013 |access-date=October 5, 2013 |archive-date=October 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012035215/http://movies.yahoo.com/video/ratatouille-trailer-185316448.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
According to Pixar designer Jason Deamer "Most of the characters were designed while Jan was still directing," "He has a real eye for sculpture."<ref>{{cite web | author = Barbara Robertson | title = "Fish, Rats, Chefs and Robots" | publisher = CGSociety| url = http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4144 | accessdate= 2007-07-07}}</ref> For example, the critic Anton Ego was designed to resemble a vulture, according to Pinkava.<ref>{{cite web | author = Bruce R. Miller | title = "Book shows how 'Ratatouille' was made" | publisher = Sioux City Journal| date = ] | url = http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2007/06/29/entertainment/local/8eead5ae7d53b500862573070071c572.txt | accessdate= 2007-06-30}}</ref> | |||
A second trailer was released on March 23, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Ratatouille Trailer Coming Friday |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=March 19, 2007 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19432 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724005845/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19432 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |access-date=March 19, 2007 }}</ref> The Ratatouille ''Big Cheese Tour'' began on May 11, 2007, with cooking demonstrations and a film preview.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Desowitz|first1=Bill|title=Ratatouille to Kick Off With 'Big Cheese Tour'|url=http://www.awn.com/news/ratatouille-kick-big-cheese-tour|publisher=Animation World Network|access-date=August 7, 2016|date=May 11, 2007|archive-date=October 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009122703/http://www.awn.com/news/ratatouille-kick-big-cheese-tour|url-status=live}}</ref> Voice actor Lou Romano attended the San Francisco leg of the tour for autograph signings.<ref>{{cite news | last1=Ponto |first1=Arya |title=Ratatouille Big Cheese Slide With Lou Romano |publisher=JustPressPlay |date=July 16, 2007 |url=http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/ratatouille/news/ratatouille-big-cheese-slide-with-lou-romano.html |access-date=July 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235924/http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/ratatouille/news/ratatouille-big-cheese-slide-with-lou-romano.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = September 26, 2007}}</ref> | |||
During the character-design process sculptor Greg Dykstra created handmade clay sculptures of the film's protagonist, Rémy.{{fact|date=July 2007}} Rat expert Debbie Ducommun (aka the "Rat Lady") was consulted on rat habits and characteristics.<ref>{{cite news | url=|title=Rat fanciers hope animated film will help their pets shed bad PR|author=Cynthia Hubert|date=] | publisher=Sacramento Bee | accessdate=2007-07-01}}</ref> An aquarium of pet rats sat in a hallway for more than a year so animators could study the movement of the animals' noses, ears, paws and tails as they ran.<ref name="animated edit">{{cite news | author = Anne Neumann | title = Ratatouille Edit Bay Visit! | publisher = Comingsoon.net | date = ] | url = http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19939 | accessdate=2007-05-21}}</ref> | |||
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Bird chose ] to voice Rémy after hearing his food-related comedy routine.<ref name="moryvisit">{{cite news | author = ] | title = Moriarty Visits Pixar To Chat With Brad Bird And Patton Oswalt About RATATOUILLE! | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32729 | accessdate=2007-05-21}}</ref> Other cast members strove to make their French accents authentic yet understandable. ] notes he often segued into an Italian accent.<ref name="parlez"/> | |||
Disney and Pixar were working to bring a French-produced ''Ratatouille''-branded wine to ] stores in August 2007, but abandoned plans because of complaints from the California ], citing standards in labelling that restrict the use of cartoon characters to avoid attracting under-age drinkers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/la-fi-ratwine28jul28,0,7091322.story?coll=la-home-center | title=Disney backs out of wine promotion |last=Lifster |first=Marc |date=July 28, 2007 |access-date =August 1, 2007 |work=]}}</ref> Moreover, both companies faced other challenges trying to lure audiences, as several stores had been overflowing with merchandise themed to other newly released films like '']'', '']'' and '']'', making it tougher to persuade parents to spend an additional cost between $7.99 to $19.99 on a plush rat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-06-30-0706290787-story.html|title=Disney faces a challenging stew in trying to sell 'Ratatouille'|website=]|date=June 30, 2007 |access-date=January 23, 2022|archive-date=January 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123165154/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-06-30-0706290787-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In the United Kingdom, in place of releasing a theatrical trailer, a commercial featuring Remy and Emile was released in cinemas before its release to discourage obtaining unlicensed copies of films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bvimovies.com/spotlight/anti_piracy.html |title=Ratatouille's Ratatouille fights movie piracy |publisher=The Film Factory |access-date=December 23, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014123003/http://www.bvimovies.com/spotlight/anti_piracy.html |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Also, in the United Kingdom, the main characters were used for a commercial for the ], with Remy and Emile watching an original commercial for it made for the "Surprisingly Spacious" ad campaign and also parodying it, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=49783 |title=Nissan Note Exploding Cars It's Possible |publisher=Visit4Info |access-date=April 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011082243/http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=49783 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
==Cast== | |||
*''']''' as '''Rémy''': A rat who aspires to be a chef. | |||
*''']''' as '''Skinner''': Chef at Gusteau's Restaurant, the film's main antagonist. | |||
*''']''' as '''Alfredo Linguini''': The restaurant's garbage boy. | |||
*''']''' as '''Django''': Rémy's father and leader of the rat clan. | |||
*''']''' as '''Émile''': Rémy's brother, who loves to eat anything. | |||
*''']''' as '''Anton Ego''': The harshest food critic in Paris, one of the film's antagonists. | |||
*''']''' as '''Auguste Gusteau''' ''(deceased)'': Rémy's culinary hero, a famous chef who appears as a figment of Rémy's imagination. | |||
*''']''' as '''Colette Tatou''': Meat and poultry chef; the toughest — and only female — cook at Gusteau's and love interest of Linguini. | |||
*''']''' as '''Horst''': Skinner's sous-chef. | |||
*'''Julius Callahan''' as '''Lalo / François Dupuis''': Fish chef / businessman. | |||
*''']''' as '''Larousse''': Salad and appetizer chef. | |||
*''']''' as '''Mustafa''': The head waiter | |||
*''']''' as '''Talon Labarthe''': Skinner's lawyer | |||
*'''Tony Fucile''' as '''Pompidou / Health Inspector''': Pastry chef / health inspector. | |||
*'''Jake Steinfield''' as '''Git''': A beefed-up lab rat with an ] tag in his left ear. | |||
*''']''' as '''Ambrister Minion''': Anton Ego's assistant. | |||
*''']''' as '''Dining patron'''<ref name="sfcarticle"/> | |||
Disney/Pixar was concerned that audiences, particularly children, would not be familiar with the word "ratatouille" and its pronunciation. The title was, therefore, also spelled phonetically within trailers and on posters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://deepfocusreview.com/Reviews/ratatouille.asp |title=''Ratatouille'' review |last=Eggert |first=Brian |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=October 15, 2007 |publisher=DeepFocusReview.com |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017201528/http://deepfocusreview.com/Reviews/ratatouille.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> For similar reasons, in the American release of the film, on-screen text in French was printed in English, such as the title of Gusteau's cookbook and the sign telling kitchen staff to wash their hands, though, in international versions such as the British English release and the US Spanish-language DVD release, these are rendered in French. In Canada, the film was released theatrically with text in English, but on DVD, the majority of the text (including Gusteau's will) was in French.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/features/pixar-hopes-auds-find-ratatouille-tasty-1117967050/ |title=Pixar hopes auds find 'Ratatouille' tasty |last=Graser |first=Marc |date=June 15, 2007 |access-date=October 15, 2007 |work=Variety |archive-date=October 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017205649/http://variety.com/article/VR1117967050.html?categoryid=2520&cs=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The French waiter in the teaser trailer is voiced by the director, Brad Bird.<ref name="bradCast">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382932/fullcredits#cast</ref> | |||
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===Home media=== | ||
''Ratatouille'' was released by ] on ] and ] in North America on November 6, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disney/Pixar/Disc_Announcements/Disney_Serves_Up_Ratatouille_on_Blu-ray_this_November/852 |title=Disney Serves Up 'Ratatouille' on Blu-ray this November |publisher=High-Def Digest |date=August 10, 2007 |access-date=August 20, 2007 |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201081909/https://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disney/Pixar/Disc_Announcements/Disney_Serves_Up_Ratatouille_on_Blu-ray_this_November/852 |url-status=live }}</ref> A new animated short film featuring Remy and Emile entitled '']'' was included as a special feature, in which the two rats attempt to entreat the viewer, a human, to welcome rats as their friends, demonstrating the benefits and misconceptions of rats towards humanity through several historical examples. The eleven-minute short uses 3-D animation, 2-D animation, live action and even stop-motion animation, a first for Pixar.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Patrick |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=45050&type=0 |title=Rat DVD Has First Pixar 2-D Toon |publisher=SCI FI Wire |date=October 30, 2007 |access-date=October 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071230070708/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=45050&type=0 |archive-date=December 30, 2007}}</ref> | |||
The trailer for ''Ratatouille'' debuted with the theatrical release of its immediate predecessor, ]. It depicts an original scene where Rémy is caught on the cheese cart in the restaurant's dining area sampling the cheese and barely escaping the establishment, intercut with separate scenes of the rat explaining why he is taking such risks. Similar to most of Pixar's teaser trailers, the scene was not present in the final film release. | |||
The disc also includes a CGI short entitled '']'', which was screened before the film during its theatrical run. It depicts an adolescent ] attempting to kidnap a sleeping human. Throughout the sequence, he is graded by an adult extraterrestrial in a manner reminiscent of a ] exam road test. The entire short contains no dialogue, which is typical of Pixar Shorts not based on existing properties.<ref name="pixarplanet1">{{cite web |last1=Huxley |first1=Thomas |url=http://pixarplanet.com/blog/first-lifted-review |title=First Lifted Review |date=October 15, 2006 |publisher=Pixar Planet |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530135923/http://pixarplanet.com/blog/first-lifted-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Also included among the special features are deleted scenes, a featurette featuring Brad Bird discussing filmmaking and chef ] discussing culinary creativity entitled "Fine Food and Film", and four ]. Although the Region A Blu-ray edition has a French audio track, the Region 1 DVD does not, except for some copies sold in Canada.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}} | |||
A second trailer was released on ] ].<ref>{{cite news|author=]|title=New Ratatouille Trailer Coming Friday|publisher=Comingsoon.net|date=]|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=19432|accessdate=2007-03-19}}</ref> The Ratatouille ''Big Cheese Tour'' began on ] ], with cooking demonstrations and a film preview.<ref>{{cite news | author = ] | title = Disney/Pixar's RATATOUILLE to Kick off the Summer with ''Big Cheese Tour'' | |||
| publisher = Yahoo News | date = ] | url = http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070511/20070511005589.html?.v=1 | accessdate=2007-05-12}}</ref> Voice actor Lou Romano attended the San Francisco leg of the tour for autograph signings.<ref>{{cite news | title = Ratatouille Big Cheese Slide With Lou Romano | publisher = JustPressPlay.net | date = ] | url = http://www.justpressplay.net/movies/ratatouille/news/ratatouille-big-cheese-slide-with-lou-romano.html | accessdate=2007-07-17}}</ref> | |||
The DVD release on November 6, 2007, earned 4,919,574 units (equivalent to {{USD|73,744,414}}) in its first week (November 6–11, 2007) during which it topped the DVD charts. In total it sold 12,531,266 units ({{USD|189,212,532}}) becoming the second-best-selling animated DVD of 2007, both in units sold and sales revenue, behind '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2007 |title=Top-Selling DVDs of 2007 |publisher=The Numbers |access-date=January 11, 2011 |archive-date=March 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140307100222/http://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/dvd-sales/2007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top-Selling Video Titles in the United States in 2007|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522143612/http://www.the-numbers.com/home-market/packaged-media-sales/2007|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 May 2015|website=]|access-date=22 May 2015}}</ref> In 2014 the film was re-rendered in 3D and in July of that year was released on Blu-ray 3D in the UK, France, and India.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=240091&highlight=ratatouille | title=Ratatouille 3D Blu-ray (2007) [Region B Locked] - Blu-ray Forum | access-date=January 30, 2023 | archive-date=January 30, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130081224/https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=240091&highlight=ratatouille | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2019, ''Ratatouille'' was released on ].<ref name="4KUHDBluray-MPN">{{Cite web |title=New Releases: Sept. 10, 2019 |url=https://www.mediaplaynews.com/research/new-releases-sept-10-2019/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921180639/https://www.mediaplaynews.com/research/new-releases-sept-10-2019/ |archive-date=September 21, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2021 |website=]}}</ref><ref name="4KUHDBluray-Polygon">{{Cite web |last=Heller |first=Emily |date=March 3, 2020 |title=A bunch of Pixar movies, including ''Up'' and ''A Bug's Life'', come to 4K Blu-ray |url=https://www.polygon.com/deals/2020/3/3/21162925/disney-pixar-4k-uhd-blu-ray-collectors-edition-amazon-best-buy-steelbook |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304022027/https://www.polygon.com/deals/2020/3/3/21162925/disney-pixar-4k-uhd-blu-ray-collectors-edition-amazon-best-buy-steelbook |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |access-date=October 26, 2021 |website=]}}</ref> | |||
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Disney and Pixar were working to bring a French-produced ''Ratatouille''-branded ] to ] stores in August ], but have abandoned the plans due to complaints from the California Wine Institute, citing standards in labeling that restrict the use of cartoon characters to avoid attracting under-age drinkers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.latimes.com/la-fi-ratwine28jul28,0,7091322.story?coll=la-home-center | title = Disney backs out of wine promotion | last = Lifster | first = Marc | date = 2007-07-28 | accessdate = 2007-08-01 | publisher = ]}}</ref> | |||
===Plagiarized film=== | |||
==Release== | |||
{{see also|Mockbuster}} | |||
The ] nominated short film '']'' precedes ''Ratatouille'' in theaters.<ref name="quint">{{cite news | author = Eric Vespe | title = Quint orders a giant plate of RATATOUILLE and eats it up!!! | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32939 | accessdate=2007-06-10}}</ref> | |||
] described '']'', a 2007 ]ian ] cartoon by ], as a "]" of ''Ratatouille''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Peter |title=Clip of the Week: RATATOING - BRAZIL RIPOFF OF RATATOUILLE |url=http://www.ifmagazine.com/review.asp?article=2247 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |work=If |date=January 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123055130/http://www.ifmagazine.com/review.asp?article=2247 |archive-date=January 23, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Marco Aurélio Canônico of the Brazilian newspaper '']'' described ''Ratatoing'' as a derivative of ''Ratatouille''. Canônico discussed whether ''Ratatoing'' was similar enough to ''Ratatouille'' to warrant a lawsuit for copyright violation. The ] posted Marco Aurélio Canônico's article on its website.<ref name=MinistryCultureBrazil>{{cite web|last1=Canônico |first1=Marco Aurélio| url=http://www.cultura.gov.br/site/?p=107 |title=Vídeo Brinquedo faz sucesso com desenhos como "Os Carrinhos" e "Ratatoing" |language=pt |work=Folha de S.Paulo |publisher=] (Brazil) |quote="These descriptions bring to mind ''Cars'' and ''Ratatouille'', the latest two feature films by North American giant Pixar, a part of Disney" |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080429215943/http://www.cultura.gov.br/site/?p=107 |archive-date=April 29, 2008}}</ref> To date no sources have been found to indicate that Pixar took legal action. | |||
==Reception== | |||
===Popular and critical reaction=== | |||
===Critical response=== | |||
''Ratatouille'' opened to much acclaim. As of mid July, 2007, the film is 96% 'certified fresh' on ] and scores 96/100 on ]. The film, as of July 2007, is the sixth highest Metacritic film rating ever, and the highest for Pixar and Disney in general. | |||
The review aggregator website ] reported {{a or an|{{RT data|score}}}} approval rating with an average rating of {{RT data|average}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Fast-paced and stunningly animated, ''Ratatouille'' adds another delightfully entertaining entry—and a rather unlikely hero—to the Pixar canon."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ratatouille|title=Ratatouille|website=]|publisher=]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605050927/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ratatouille|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On ], it has a weighted average score of 96 out of 100 based on 37 reviews,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/film/highscores.shtml |title=All-Time High Scores: The Best-Reviewed Movies |website=] |access-date=March 17, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609114144/http://www.metacritic.com/film/highscores.shtml |archive-date=June 9, 2008 }}</ref> the highest of any Pixar film (tied with '']'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Pixar Animation Studios' Scores|url=https://www.metacritic.com/company/pixar-animation-studios?filter-options=movies&num_items=30&sort_options=metascore|website=Metacritic|access-date=January 26, 2016|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324042204/http://www.metacritic.com/company/pixar-animation-studios?filter-options=movies&num_items=30&sort_options=metascore|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 46th highest-rated film on the site.<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Movies of All Time|url=https://www.metacritic.com/browse/movies/score/metascore/all|website=Metacritic|access-date=March 25, 2016|archive-date=March 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317090629/http://www.metacritic.com/browse/movies/score/metascore/all|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences surveyed by ] gave the film a grade "A" on scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |date=2 July 2007 |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |title='Ratatouille' runs table |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ratatouille-runs-table-141415/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |quote=moviegoers sampled by CinemaScore rewarded it with an A rating. So in addition to attracting the family crowd, the picture should have ongoing adult appeal. |access-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911034743/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ratatouille-runs-table-141415/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
] of '']'' called ''Ratatouille'' "a nearly flawless piece of popular art, as well as one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film"; echoing the character Anton Ego in the film, he ended his review with a simple "thank you" to the creators of the film.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/movies/29rata.html |title=Voilà! A Rat for All Seasonings |work=The New York Times |first=A. O. |last=Scott |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=January 15, 2008 |archive-date=January 13, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113134339/http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/movies/29rata.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Wally Hammond of '']'' gave the film five out of five stars, saying "A test for tiny tots, a mite nostalgic and as male-dominated as a modern kitchen it may be, but these are mere quibbles about this delightful addition to the Pixar pantheon."<ref>{{cite web |author=Wally Hammond |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/ratatouille |title=Ratatouille |work=] |date=October 8, 2007 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004124154/http://www.timeout.com/london/film/ratatouille |url-status=live }}</ref> Andrea Gronvall of the '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "Brad Bird's second collaboration with Pixar is more ambitious and meditative than his Oscar-winning ''The Incredibles''."<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratatouille |url=http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/briefs/31733_RATATOUILLE.html |website=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702173238/http://onfilm.chicagoreader.com/movies/briefs/31733_RATATOUILLE.html |archive-date=2007-07-02 |date=2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ] of '']'' gave the film a B, saying "''Ratatouille'' has the Pixar technical magic without, somehow, the full Pixar flavor. It's Brad Bird's genial dessert, not so much incredible as merely sweetly edible."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044993,00.html |title=Ratatouille |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=July 6, 2007 |first=Owen |last=Gleiberman |author-link=Owen Gleiberman |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=November 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108232303/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20044993,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ] of '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "What makes ''Ratatouille'' such a hilarious and heartfelt wonder is the way Bird contrives to let it sneak up on you. And get a load of that score from Michael Giacchino, a perfect complement to a delicious meal."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=June 25, 2007 |last1=Travers |first1=Peter |author1-link=Peter Travers |title=Ratatouille : Review |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/15137663/review/15221337/ratatouille |magazine=] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628220647/https://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/movie/15137663/review/15221337/ratatouille |archive-date=2007-06-28 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ] of '']'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "For parents looking to spend time in a theater with their kids or adults who want something lighter and less testosterone-oriented than the usual summer fare, ''Ratatouille'' offers a savory main course."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/r/ratatouille.html |title=Reelviews Movie Reviews |publisher=Reelviews.net |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407194601/https://preview.reelviews.net/movies/r/ratatouille.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Christy Lemire of the ] gave the film a positive review, saying "''Ratatouille'' is free of the kind of gratuitous pop-culture references that plague so many movies of the genre; it tells a story, it's very much of our world but it never goes for the cheap, easy gag."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lemire |first=Christy |date=2007-06-29 |title=Movie review: 'Ratatouille' is a visually marvelous, surprisingly sophisticated dish |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/476807 |website=Taiwan News |access-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-date=July 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220721093005/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/476807 |url-status=live }}</ref> Justin Chang of '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "The master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients—abundant verbal and visual wit, genius slapstick timing, a soupcon of Gallic sophistication—to produce a warm and irresistible concoction."<ref>{{cite news |date=June 18, 2007 |author=Justin Chang |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/ratatouille-2-1200558501/ |title=Ratatouille |work=Variety |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304201250/http://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/ratatouille-2-1200558501/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Michael Phillips of the '']'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The film may be animated, and largely taken up with rats, but its pulse is gratifyingly human. And you have never seen a computer-animated feature with this sort of visual panache and detail."<ref>{{cite news|last=Phillips |first=Michael |url=http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-070629-movies-review-ratatouille,0,3953295.story |title=Metromix. Movie review: ''Ratatouille'' |access-date=February 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715125627/http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-070629-movies-review-ratatouille%2C0%2C3953295.story |archive-date=July 15, 2007}}</ref> Rafer Guzman of '']'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "So many computer-animated movies are brash, loud and popping with pop-culture comedy, but ''Ratatouille'' has the warm glow of a favorite book. The characters are more than the sum of their gigabyte-consuming parts – they feel handcrafted."{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Roger Moore of the '']'' gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Has Pixar lost its magic recipe? ''Ratatouille'' is filled with fairly generic animated imagery, a few modest chases, a couple of good gags, not a lot of laughs."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2007/06/29/rats-you-cant-carry-a-toon-by-blathering-on-about-food/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140206161721/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2007-06-29/entertainment/RATATOUILLE_1_remy-linguini-rat |archive-date =February 6, 2014 |title=Rats: You can't carry a 'toon by blathering on about food |work=Orlando Sentinel |first=Roger |last=Moore |date=June 29, 2007 |url-status=live |access-date=February 6, 2014}}</ref> Scott Foundas of '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "Bird has taken the raw ingredients of an anthropomorphic-animal kiddie matinee and whipped them into a heady brew about nothing less than the principles of artistic creation."<ref>{{cite web |date=June 27, 2007 |last=Foundas |first=Scott |url=http://www.laweekly.com/film/ratatouille-rat-can-cook-2149508 |title=Ratatouille: Rat Can Cook |access-date=September 11, 2021 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615194530/http://www.laweekly.com/film/ratatouille-rat-can-cook-2149508 |url-status=live }}</ref> Colin Covert of the '']'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "It's not just the computer animation that is vibrantly three-dimensional. It's also the well-rounded characters… I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty."{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Steven Rea of '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "With ''Ratatouille'', Bird once again delivers not just a great, witty story, but dazzling visuals as well."<ref>{{cite web |last=Rea |first=Steven |url=http://articles.philly.com/2007-06-29/entertainment/24994660_1_remy-sous-chef-auguste-gusteau |title=You'll smell a ... terrific 'toon, starring a rat |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=October 6, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071441/http://articles.philly.com/2007-06-29/entertainment/24994660_1_remy-sous-chef-auguste-gusteau |url-status=dead }}</ref> Bill Muller of '']'' gave the film four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "Like the burbling soup that plays a key part in ''Ratatouille'', the movie is a delectable blend of ingredients that tickles the palette and leaves you hungry for more."{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} | |||
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Rene Rodriguez of the '']'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "''Ratatouille'' is the most straightforward and formulaic picture to date from Pixar Animation Studios, but it is also among the most enchanting and touching."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ae.miami.com/entertainment/ui/miami/movie.html?id=898393&reviewId=22542 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070623044747/http://ae.miami.com/entertainment/ui/miami/movie.html?id=898393&reviewId=22542 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 23, 2007 |title=Movie: Ratatouille |date=December 1, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014}}</ref> Jack Mathews of the '']'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The Pixar magic continues with Brad Bird's ''Ratatouille'', a gorgeous, wonderfully inventive computer-animated comedy."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/rat-catch-article-1.219691 |title=A rat to catch! |work=Daily News |location=New York |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223123056/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/rat-catch-article-1.219691 |url-status=live }}</ref> Stephen Whitty of the '']'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Fresh family fun. Although there are those slightly noxious images of rodents scampering around a kitchen, the movie doesn't stoop to kid-pandering jokes based on backtalk and bodily gases."{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} David Ansen of '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "A film as rich as a sauce béarnaise, as refreshing as a raspberry sorbet, and a lot less predictable than the damn food metaphors and adjectives all us critics will churn out to describe it. OK, one more and then I'll be done: it's yummy."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ansen |first=David |url=http://www.newsweek.com/ansen-ratatouille-102579 |title=Ansen on 'Ratatouille' |work=Newsweek |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222130853/http://www.newsweek.com/ansen-ratatouille-102579 |url-status=live }}</ref> Peter Hartlaub of the '']'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "''Ratatouille'' never overwhelms, even though it's stocked with action, romance, historical content, family drama and serious statements about the creation of art."<ref>{{cite news |last=Hartlaub |first=Peter |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ratatouille-is-a-feast-for-the-eyes-2583888.php |title="Ratatouille" is a feast for the eyes |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222022242/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Ratatouille-is-a-feast-for-the-eyes-2583888.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Richard Corliss of '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "From the moment Remy enters, crashing, to the final happy fadeout, ''Ratatouille'' parades the brio and depth that set Pixar apart from and above other animation studios."<ref>{{cite news |last=Corliss |first=Richard |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630548,00.html |title=Savoring Pixar's Ratatouille |magazine=TIME |date=June 7, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301174145/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1630548,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ] of the '']'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "A lot of animated movies have inspired sequels, notably '']'', but Brad Bird's ''Ratatouille'' is the first one that made me positively desire one."<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ratatouille-2007 |title=Waiter, there's a rat in my soup |newspaper=] |via=RogerEbert.com |date=August 30, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=October 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131013023850/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/ratatouille-2007 |url-status=live }}</ref> Peter Howell of the '']'' gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Had Bird gone the safe route, he would have robbed us of a great new cartoon figure in Remy, who like the rest of the film is rendered with animation that is at once fanciful and life-like. It's also my pick for Pixar's best."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Howell |first1=Peter |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/06/29/feast_your_eyes.html |title=Feast your eyes |work=Toronto Star |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222060200/http://www.thestar.com/news/2007/06/29/feast_your_eyes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Joe Morgenstern of '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "The characters are irresistible, the animation is astonishing and the film, a fantasy version of a foodie rhapsody, sustains a level of joyous invention that hasn't been seen in family entertainment since ''The Incredibles''."<ref>{{cite news |last=Morgenstern |first=Joe |url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118307125242752135?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB118307125242752135.html |title=Pixar Cooks With Joy, Inventiveness In 'Ratatouille' |work=The Wall Street Journal |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222055249/http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB118307125242752135?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB118307125242752135.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Kenneth Turan of the '']'' gave the film four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "Brad Bird's ''Ratatouille'' is so audacious you have to fall in love with its unlikely hero."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jun-29-et-ratatouille29-story.html |title=This is no dirty rat |work=Los Angeles Times |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |first=Kenneth |last=Turan |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304034342/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/29/entertainment/et-ratatouille29 |url-status=live }}</ref> Claudia Puig of '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "''Ratatouille'' is delicious fun sure to be savored by audiences of all ages for its sumptuous visuals, clever wit and irresistibly inspiring tale."{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Miriam Di Nunzio of the '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "''Ratatouille'' will make you wonder why animation needs to hide behind the mantle of 'it's for children, but grownups will like it, too.' This one's for Mom and Dad, and yep, the kids will like it, too."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Di Nunzio |first1=Miriam |work=Chicago Sun-Times |url=http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/447829,CST-FTR-rat29.article |title=A vermin in Paris finds his inner foodie |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701151410/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/movies/447829%2CCST-FTR-rat29.article |archive-date=July 1, 2007}}</ref> Michael Booth of '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Writer and director Brad Bird keeps ''Ratatouille'' moving without resorting to the cute animal jokes or pop-culture wisecracking that ruined so many other recent animated films."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_6245556 |title=Oui! A rich foodie treat, with a great view |work=The Denver Post |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |first=Michael |last=Booth |archive-date=February 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062544/http://www.denverpost.com/movies/ci_6245556 |url-status=live }}</ref> Tom Long of '']'' gave the film an A, saying "''Ratatouille'' has the technical genius, emotional core and storytelling audacity to lift it into the ranks of Pixar films, the crème de la crème of modern animation." Liam Lacey of '']'' gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "No sketchy backgrounds here—''Ratatouille''{{'}}s scenes feel like deep-focus camera shots. The textures, from the gleam of copper pans to the cobblestone streets, are almost palpable."{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} Desson Thomson of '']'' gave the film a positive review, saying "''Ratatouille'' doesn't center on the over-familiar surfaces of contemporary life. It harks back to Disney's older era when cartoons seemed part of a more elegant world with less edgy characters."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802484.html |title='Ratatouille': A Classic Recipe |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=February 5, 2014 |first=Desson |last=Thomson |archive-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141111052205/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/28/AR2007062802484.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===Box office=== | ===Box office=== | ||
In its opening weekend in North America, ''Ratatouille'' opened in 3,940 theaters and debuted at number one with $47.2 million,<ref>{{cite news |last1=McClintock |first1=Pamela |title=Audiences chow down on "Ratatouille" |work=Variety |date=July 1, 2007 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |url=https://variety.com/2007/film/box-office/audiences-chow-down-on-ratatouille-1117967918/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127093439/https://variety.com/2007/film/box-office/audiences-chow-down-on-ratatouille-1117967918/ |archive-date=January 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> the lowest Pixar opening since '']''. When the film opened, it topped at the box office ahead of ]'s '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2007/06/ratatouille-rules-box-office-and-die-hard-moores-sicko-has-healthy-debut-2711/|title='Ratatouille' Roasts Rivals, 'Die Hard' #2; Michael Moore's 'Sicko' Has Healthy Debut|date=June 30, 2007|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=July 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220715121023/https://deadline.com/2007/06/ratatouille-rules-box-office-and-die-hard-moores-sicko-has-healthy-debut-2711/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Ratatouille'' was the first non-sequel film to reach the number one spot since '']'' debuted two months earlier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ratatouille-runs-table-472-million-141409/|title='Ratatouille' runs the table with $47.2 million debut|website=]|date=July 2, 2007|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311033556/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ratatouille-runs-table-472-million-141409/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film only stayed in its position for a few days before being taken by '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2007/07/transformers-on-target-for-150m-first-week-2744/|title='Transformers' Huge $152M First Week Sets 7-Day Non-Sequel Record Past 'Spidey', 'Passion' & 'Potter'; 'Sicko' Stalls|date=July 7, 2007|access-date=March 11, 2022|archive-date=March 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311033030/https://deadline.com/2007/07/transformers-on-target-for-150m-first-week-2744/|url-status=live}}</ref> In France, where the film is set, the film broke the record for the biggest debut for an animated film and dethroned ] for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the box office.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Hayhurst|first1=David|date=August 9, 2007|title=Record breaking 'Ratatouille'|url=https://variety.com/2007/film/box-office/record-breaking-ratatouille-1117969958/|access-date=June 6, 2020|website=Variety|language=en|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606151625/https://variety.com/2007/film/box-office/record-breaking-ratatouille-1117969958/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|date=October 22, 2007|title=France Embraces Disney, Thanks to a Rat|language=en|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/business/media/22disney.html|access-date=June 6, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606151627/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/business/media/22disney.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United Kingdom, the film debuted at number one with sales over £4 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/cinemagoing/boxoffice/?p=D4A1577818d4b19146vpK3480F76&skip= |title=UK Film Box Office: Oct. 12 – Oct. 14 |publisher=] |access-date=December 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102041654/http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/cinemagoing/boxoffice/?p=D4A1577818d4b19146vpK3480F76&skip= <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=November 2, 2007}}</ref> The film has grossed $206.4 million in the United States and Canada and a total of $623.7 million worldwide, making it the seventh-highest-grossing ] film.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/Pixar.php |title=Pixar Box Office History |access-date=July 31, 2010 |publisher=The Numbers |archive-date=January 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105133421/http://the-numbers.com/movies/series/Pixar.php |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
The film debuted at #1 with $47 million United States weekend sales<ref>{{cite news | author = Pamela McClintock | title = Audiences chow down on "Ratatouille" | publisher = ] | date = ] | url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117967918.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 }}</ref>, the lowest | |||
Pixar opening since '']''. However, in France, the location in which the film takes place, the film broke the record for the biggest debut for an animated film.<ref>{{Citation | title=Ratatouille Breaks French Record | url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/08/11/ratatouille_breaks_french_record | accessdate = 2007-08-13}}</ref> So far, the film has made $348.4 million worldwide.<ref>{{cite_web| url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=daily&id=vs-pixar.htm| title=Listing of Pixar films, with daily box office gross| publisher=boxofficemojo.com| accessdate=2007-08-24}}</ref> | |||
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===Accolades=== | ||
{{Main|List of accolades received by Ratatouille}} | |||
''Ratatouille'' will be released on ] and ] in North America on ], ].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Disney/Pixar/Disc_Announcements/Disney_Serves_Up_Ratatouille_on_Blu-ray_this_November/852 | title = Disney Serves Up 'Ratatouille' on Blu-ray this November | publisher = High Def Digest | date =2007-08-10 | accessdate =2007-08-20 }}</ref> | |||
''Ratatouille'' won the ] at the ] and was nominated for four others: ], ], ], ], losing to '']'', '']'' (for both Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing), and '']'', respectively.<ref name="academy">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-present/2008/winners.html |title=Winners and Nominees – 80th Academy Awards |date=January 6, 2009 |access-date=January 6, 2009 |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045551/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-present/2008/winners.html |archive-date=October 12, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="oscars2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-present/2008/winners.html |title=Nominees & Winners of the 2008 (80th) Academy Awards | Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |date=August 24, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012045551/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/oscarlegacy/2000-present/2008/winners.html |archive-date=October 12, 2013}}</ref> With five Oscar nominations, the film broke the record for an animated feature film, surpassing the four nominations each of '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. As of 2013, ''Ratatouille'' is tied with '']'' and '']'' for the second-most Oscar nominations for an animated film, behind '']'' and '']'' (six).<ref name="oscars2000"/> | |||
Furthermore, ''Ratatouille'' was nominated for 13 ]s including twice in the Best Animated Effects, where it lost to '']'', and three times in the Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, and Patton Oswalt, where Ian Holm won the award.<ref name="annie">{{cite web|url=http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |title=Annie Awards 2007 nominations |publisher=] |access-date=March 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204082048/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html |archive-date=December 4, 2008 }}</ref> It won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations including the ],<ref name="chicago">{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:Chicago%20Film%20Critics%20Awards&Itemid=58 |title=Chicago Film Critics Awards – 1998-07 |publisher=Chicago Film Critics Association |access-date=March 9, 2009 |archive-date=April 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409010909/http://www.chicagofilmcritics.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48:Chicago%20Film%20Critics%20Awards&Itemid=58 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the ],<ref name="national">{{cite web|url=http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=2007 |title=Awards for 2007 |publisher=National Board of Review |access-date=March 9, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211184324/http://www.nbrmp.org/awards/past.cfm?year=2007 |archive-date=December 11, 2007}}</ref> the Annie Awards,<ref name="annie"/> the ],<ref name="broadcast">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2007.php |title=The 13th Critics Choice Awards winners and nominees |publisher=Broadcast Film Critics Association |access-date=March 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530075853/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/2007.php |archive-date=May 30, 2012 }}</ref> the ], and the ].<ref name="globes">{{cite web |url=http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/81 |title=Hollywood Foreign Press Association 2008 Golden Globe Awards for the year ended December 31, 2007 |publisher=HFPA |date=December 13, 2007 |access-date=December 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215072618/http://www.goldenglobes.org/news/id/81 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date=December 15, 2007}}</ref> | |||
==Legacy== | |||
===Video game=== | |||
{{main|Ratatouille (video game)|Ratatouille: Food Frenzy}} | |||
A primary video game adaptation of the film, titled '']'', was released for all major consoles and handhelds in 2007. A ] exclusive game, titled '']'', was released in October 2007. ''Ratatouille'' is also among the films represented in '']'', released in March 2012 for ].<ref>{{cite news |last=Narcisse |first=Evan |title=Pixar Teams Up With Microsoft For Kinect Rush |url=http://kotaku.com/5866341/pixar-teams-up-with-microsoft-for-kinect-rush/ |access-date=December 9, 2011 |newspaper=Kotaku |date=December 8, 2011 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112750/https://kotaku.com/pixar-teams-up-with-microsoft-for-kinect-rush-5866341 |url-status=live }}</ref> The video game based on the movie was released in 2007 for ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]s. A ] version was released on October 23, 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/disney-pixar-ratatouille/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3|title=Disney/Pixar Ratatouille|website=Metacritic|language=en|access-date=February 6, 2019|archive-date=September 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210909161118/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/disneypixar-ratatouille|url-status=live}}</ref> The other versions, however were all released on June 26, 2007.{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}} | |||
Remy is featured in the video game '']''. He appears as the head chef for ] bistro and participates with ] in cooking minigames. He is addressed only as "Little Chef" in the game, as he does not speak and cannot reveal his name to the characters.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/11/17447614/kingdom-hearts-3-gameplay-e3-2018-ratatouille |title=Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer features a new, lovable Pixar character |first=Allegra |last=Frank |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=January 25, 2019 |work=] |publisher=] |archive-date=January 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125130907/https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/11/17447614/kingdom-hearts-3-gameplay-e3-2018-ratatouille |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
Remy, Linguini and Colette appear as playable characters in the ] game '']'', in addition to attractions based on Gusteau's Kitchen and ]. In the game, the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of the events of the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35NqwhLPGs&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms|title=Update 47: Ratatouille {{!}} Livestream|publisher=]|date=January 22, 2021|access-date=October 18, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426164453/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M35NqwhLPGs&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
In the video game '']'', Remy appears as one of the characters that the player meets during the progress of the story, being the owner of the valley's restaurant, ''Chez Remy''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thegamer.com/disney-dreamlight-valley-remy-character-guide/ |title=Disney Dreamlight Valley: Remy Character Guide |publisher=thegamer.com |author=Sanyam Jain |date=September 29, 2022 |access-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023101052/https://www.thegamer.com/disney-dreamlight-valley-remy-character-guide/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
===Theme park attraction=== | |||
{{main|Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy}} | |||
A Disney theme park attraction based on the film has been constructed in ], ]. ] is based upon scenes from the film and uses trackless ride technology. In the attraction, riders "shrink down to the size of a rat".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dlptoday.com/news/walt-disney-studios-park/toon-studio/ratatouille-dark-ride/ |title=Ratatouille: The Adventure – L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Remy |work=DLP Today |date=July 30, 2012 |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023071902/http://www.dlptoday.com/news/walt-disney-studios-park/toon-studio/ratatouille-dark-ride/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
At the 2017 D23 Expo, Disney announced the attraction would be built at the ] in ] World Showcase<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/business/media/disney-epcot-theme-parks.html|title=Disney Vows to Give Epcot a Magical, Long-Overdue Makeover|first=Brooks|last=Barnes|date=July 15, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 16, 2017|archive-date=July 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715181742/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/15/business/media/disney-epcot-theme-parks.html|url-status=live}}</ref> which opened on October 1, 2021, during the 50th anniversary of ] and the 39th anniversary of Epcot. | |||
===Unofficial musical=== | |||
{{main|Ratatouille the Musical}} | |||
In late 2020, users of the social media app ] crowdsourced the creation of ]. A virtual concert presentation of it, produced by Seaview Productions, streamed for 72 hours on ] beginning January 1, 2021 to benefit ] in response to the ]. It is directed by '']'' co-creator and co-director Lucy Moss from a script adaptation by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, both of whom co-executive produced the concert with ]. The cast included ] as Gusteau, ] as Linguini, ] as Remy, ] as Emile, ] as Django, ] as Mabel, ] as Colette, ] as Anton Ego, Owen Tabaka as Young Anton Ego and ] as Skinner. The concert raised over $1.9 million for The Actors Fund.<ref name=Vulture>{{Cite web |last1=Alter |first1=Rebecca |title=Broadway Is Closed, But Ratatouille the Musical Is Cooking on TikTok |work=] |date=November 19, 2020 |url=https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/ratatouille-musical-tiktok.html |language=en-us |access-date=November 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119235711/https://www.vulture.com/2020/11/ratatouille-musical-tiktok.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=RS>{{Cite magazine |last1=Dickson |first1=E. J. |title=An Oral History of 'Ratatouille: The Musical' |magazine=] |date=November 18, 2020 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ratatouille-tiktok-musical-oral-history-1091547/ |language=en-US |access-date=November 22, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-streaming-concert-to-benefit-the-actors-fund|title=Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical Streaming Concert to Benefit The Actors Fund|last=Meyer|first=Dan|work=]|date=December 9, 2020|access-date=December 9, 2020|archive-date=December 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201209200051/https://www.playbill.com/article/ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-streaming-concert-to-benefit-the-actors-fund|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/original-video-creators-tapped-to-provide-music-for-ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-lucy-moss-to-direct|title=Original Video Creators Tapped to Provide Music for Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical; Lucy Moss to Direct|first=Dan|last=Meyer|date=December 17, 2020|website=Playbill|access-date=December 24, 2020|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223180101/https://playbill.com/article/original-video-creators-tapped-to-provide-music-for-ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-lucy-moss-to-direct|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-cast-wayne-brady-tituss-burgess-adam-lambert-1234661967/|title='Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical' All-Star Cast To Include Wayne Brady, Tituss Burgess & Adam Lambert|last=Evans|first=Greg|website=]|date=December 28, 2020|access-date=April 11, 2021|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026223053/https://deadline.com/2020/12/ratatouille-the-tiktok-musical-cast-wayne-brady-tituss-burgess-adam-lambert-1234661967/|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
=== References in popular culture === | |||
The film has often been referenced in popular culture since its release, being mentioned or parodied on shows such as '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ], '']'', and '']'', as well as in the films '']'' (2012), ] (2021), '']'' (2023), and in comedian ]'s comedy special ''New in Town''. | |||
A parody of ''Ratatouille'' is a significant ] in the 2022 science-fiction film '']''. In the middle of the film, the main character Evelyn Wang (]) attempts to explain the ] and the concept of "verse-jumping" (temporarily linking one’s consciousness to another version of themselves in a different universe, and accessing all the emotions, memories, and skills in the process<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dutta |first1=Shubhabrata |title=The World And Characters Of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once,' Explained |url=https://dmtalkies.com/characters-of-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-explained/ |website=Digital Mafia Talkies |date=May 24, 2022 |access-date=20 March 2023 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320191145/https://dmtalkies.com/characters-of-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-explained/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) to her family using the Pixar film as an analogy, only to misremember it as being about a ] and being titled ''Raccacoonie''. Later, in one of several ], Evelyn is a '']'' chef who works with another ''teppanyaki'' chef named Chad (]) who is indeed being puppeteered by the anthropomorphic Raccacoonie (voiced by ]) who is hiding under Chad's chef hat, much like Remy and Linguini; during the film's climactic montage, Evelyn exposes Raccacoonie and he is taken away by ], before she has a change of heart and helps Chad rescue Raccacoonie. Reportedly inspired by producer Jonathan Wang's father's habit of misremembering the names of popular films,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Chris |date=2022-04-13 |title=The Everything Bagel of Influences Behind Everything Everywhere All at Once |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/everything-everywhere-all-at-onces-influences-explained.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Vulture |language=en-us |archive-date=April 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220416174415/https://www.vulture.com/2022/04/everything-everywhere-all-at-onces-influences-explained.html |url-status=live }}</ref> the running joke was described by '']'' as "one of the film's highlights",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leston |first=Ryan |date=2022-06-29 |title=Everything Everywhere All at Once's Best Prop Was Based Off a Real Raccoon Corpse |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-raccacoonie-real-raccoon-corpse |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023001912/https://www.ign.com/articles/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-raccacoonie-real-raccoon-corpse |url-status=live }}</ref> while Alison Herman of '']'' noted a thematic resonance as both films were about "the virtues of creativity within material constraints".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Herman |first=Alison |date=2022-06-14 |title="Now We're Cooking": How 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Made Raccacoonie |url=https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/6/14/23166713/raccacoonie-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-inspiration-pixar |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Ringer |language=en |archive-date=October 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023001912/https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/6/14/23166713/raccacoonie-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-inspiration-pixar |url-status=live }}</ref> | |||
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2007 film by Brad Bird
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Directed by | Brad Bird |
Screenplay by | Brad Bird |
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Produced by | Brad Lewis |
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Edited by | Darren T. Holmes |
Music by | Michael Giacchino |
Production company | Pixar Animation Studios |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $150 million |
Box office | $623.7 million |
Ratatouille (/ˌrætəˈtuːi/ RAT-ə-TOO-ee) is a 2007 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The eighth film produced by Pixar, it was written and directed by Brad Bird and produced by Brad Lewis, from an original idea by Jan Pinkava, who was credited for conceiving the film's story with Bird and Jim Capobianco. The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Janeane Garofalo, Peter O'Toole, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn and Brad Garrett. The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, and also references the species of the main character, a rat. Set mostly in Paris, the plot follows a young rat Remy (Oswalt) who dreams of becoming a chef at Auguste Gusteau's (Garrett) restaurant and tries to achieve his goal by forming an unlikely alliance with the restaurant's garbage boy Alfredo Linguini (Romano).
Development for Ratatouille began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film, although he was never formally named the director of the film. In 2005, following Pinkava's departure from Pixar for lacking confidence in the story development, Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story. Bird and some of the film's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration. To create the food animation used in the film, the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States. Lewis interned at Thomas Keller's The French Laundry restaurant, where Keller developed the confit byaldi, a dish used in the film. Michael Giacchino composed the Paris-inspired music for the film.
Ratatouille premiered on June 22, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California, with its general release on June 29, in the United States. The film became a critical and commercial success, grossing $623.7 million worldwide. It finished its theatrical run as the sixth highest-grossing film of 2007 and the year's second highest-grossing animated film (behind Shrek the Third). The film received widespread acclaim for its screenplay, animation, humor, voice acting, and Giacchino's score. It also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and was nominated for several more, including Best Original Screenplay. Ratatouille was later voted one of the 100 greatest motion pictures of the 21st century by a 2016 poll of international critics conducted by the BBC.
Plot
Remy, a young rat with heightened senses of taste and smell, dreams of becoming a chef like his human idol, the late Auguste Gusteau, but the rest of his colony, including his older brother Émile and his father, the clan leader Django, only eat for sustenance and are wary of humans. The rats live in an elderly woman's attic outside Paris, but when the woman discovers them, they are forced to evacuate, and Remy is separated. Encouraged by an imaginary Gusteau, he explores until he finds himself on the roof of Gusteau's eponymous restaurant.
Remy notices the restaurant's new garbage boy, Alfredo Linguini, attempting to fix a soup he ruined and jumps in to fix Linguini's mistakes. Linguini catches Remy in the act but does not reveal him to Skinner, Gusteau's former sous-chef and the new owner and chef of the restaurant. Skinner confronts Linguini over the soup, but when the soup is accidentally served and proves to be a success, Colette Tatou, the restaurant's only female chef, convinces Skinner to retain Linguini and uphold Gusteau's motto, "Anyone can cook". After demanding that Linguini replicate the soup, Skinner spots Remy and orders Linguini to take him outside and kill him. Once they are alone, Linguini discovers that Remy can understand him, and he convinces Remy to help him cook.
Remy controls Linguini's movements like a marionette by pulling on his hair while hiding under his toque. They recreate the soup and continue cooking at the restaurant. Colette begrudgingly trains Linguini but steadily appreciates him heeding her advice. Later, Remy finds Émile and reunites with the clan. After Remy tells Django that he intends to stay at the restaurant, Django shows him a group of exterminated rats to convince him that humans are dangerous, but Remy ignores his warnings and leaves.
Meanwhile, Skinner discovers a letter from Linguini's late mother stating that Linguini is Gusteau's illegitimate son and the rightful owner of the restaurant. Skinner is shocked and enraged about this revelation, as Gusteau's will stated that he would inherit ownership of the restaurant only if no biological heir appeared two years after the latter's death. After his lawyer verifies that Linguini is Gusteau's heir, Skinner hides the evidence in an envelope, but Remy finds it, escapes, and shows it to Linguini, who then sacks Skinner and discontinues a line of frozen food that Skinner had started. The restaurant thrives as Remy's recipes become popular, and Linguini's life improves as he develops a romantic relationship with Colette. Food critic Anton Ego, whose previous negative review of the restaurant indirectly led to Gusteau's death, announces to Linguini that he will review the restaurant again the following day. After Linguini takes credit for Remy's cooking at a press conference, he and Remy have a falling out. As revenge, Remy leads his clan to raid the restaurant's pantries. Linguini arrives to apologize, but upon discovering the raid, he furiously expels Remy and his clan from the restaurant.
The next day, Remy is captured by Skinner but quickly freed by Django and Émile. After returning to the restaurant, he and Linguini reconcile, and Linguini reveals Remy and his cooking techniques to his staff, who all immediately quit. Reminded of Gusteau's motto, Colette returns to help the clan cook under Remy's direction while Linguini waits tables. Skinner and a health inspector attempt to interfere, but the rats lock them in the pantry. Remy creates a variation of ratatouille, which reminds Ego of his mother's cooking. Ego asks to meet the chef and is stunned when introduced to Remy. The next day, he writes a review, stating that he has come to understand Gusteau's motto and describing Remy without revealing that he is a rat.
Although the rats imprisoned Skinner and the health inspector, the authorities learned of the rats in the kitchen and Gusteau's is shut down, stripping Ego of his job and credibility. Remy, Linguini, and Colette open a bistro called La Ratatouille, which a now-happier Ego invests in and frequents; the rat colony settles into the bistro's attic as their new home.
Voice cast
- Patton Oswalt as Remy, a young blue rat who is interested in cooking. Director Brad Bird chose Oswalt after hearing his food-related comedy routine.
- Lou Romano as Alfredo Linguini, the illegitimate son of the deceased famous chef Auguste Gusteau and the restaurant's hapless garbage boy who befriends Remy.
- Ian Holm as Skinner, the cruel, rat-hating new owner of Gusteau's, as well as its head chef and former sous chef before Gusteau's death. Skinner's behavior, diminutive size, and body language are loosely based on Louis de Funès. The character was named after the psychologist B. F. Skinner.
- Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's father and leader of the rat clan.
- Peter Sohn as Émile, Remy's older brother
- Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a cynical and easily displeased restaurant critic, inspired by Louis Jouvet.
- Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, the recently deceased founder of his respective restaurant of the same name, inspired by real-life chef Bernard Loiseau, who committed suicide after his restaurant, La Côte d'Or, was rumored to be losing a star. La Côte d'Or was one of the restaurants visited by Brad Bird and others in France. Gusteau was also inspired by chef Paul Bocuse for the character traits.
- Janeane Garofalo as Colette Tatou, Gusteau's rôtisseur, and Linguini's love interest, inspired by French chef Hélène Darroze.
- Will Arnett as Horst, Skinner's German sous chef who changes his backstory every time he is asked.
- Julius Callahan as Lalo, Gusteau's Haitian saucier and poissonnier
- Callahan also voices François, the advertising executive handling the marketing of Skinner's microwaveable food under Gusteau's name
- James Remar as Larousse, Gusteau's garde manger
- John Ratzenberger as Mustafa, Gusteau's chef de salle
- Teddy Newton as Talon Labarthe, Skinner's lawyer
- Tony Fucile as Patrick Pompidou, Gusteau's pâtissier
- Fucile also voices Nadar Lessard, a health inspector employed by Skinner. In the UK version, Lessard is voiced by Jamie Oliver.
- Jake Steinfeld as Git, a former lab rat and member of Django's colony
- Brad Bird as Ambrister Minion, Ego's butler
- Stéphane Roux as TV narrator
Production
Jan Pinkava came up with the concept in 2000, creating the original design, sets and characters and core storyline, but he was never formally named the director of the film. By 2004, Pixar added Bob Peterson as a co-director and he was given exclusive control of the story. After three months and lacking confidence in the story development, Pixar management turned to The Incredibles director Brad Bird to direct the film, just as Pinkava departed Pixar in 2005 while Peterson left the film to return to work on Up. Bird was attracted to the film because of the outlandishness of the concept and the conflict that drove it: that rats feared kitchens, yet a rat wanted to work in one. Bird was also delighted that the film could be made a highly physical comedy, with the character of Linguini providing endless fun for the animators. Bird rewrote the story, with a change in emphasis. He killed off Gusteau, gave larger roles to Skinner and Colette, and also changed the appearance of the rats to be less anthropomorphic.
Because Ratatouille is intended to be a romantic, lush vision of Paris, giving it an identity distinct from the studio's previous films, director Brad Bird, producer Brad Lewis and some of the crew spent a week in the city to properly understand its environment, taking a motorcycle tour and eating at five top restaurants. There are also many water-based sequences in the film, one of which is set in the sewers and is more complex than the blue whale scene in Finding Nemo. One scene has Linguini wet after jumping into the Seine to fetch Remy. A Pixar employee (Shade/Paint department coordinator Kesten Migdal) jumped into Pixar's swimming pool wearing a chef's uniform and apron to see which parts of the suit stuck to his body and which became translucent from water absorption.
A challenge for the filmmakers was creating computer-generated images of food that would appear delicious. Gourmet chefs in both the U.S. and France were consulted, and animators attended cooking classes at San Francisco-area culinary schools to understand the workings of a commercial kitchen. Sets/Layout department manager Michael Warch, a culinary-academy-trained professional chef before working at Pixar, helped teach and consult animators as they worked. He also prepared dishes used by the Art, Shade/Paint, Effects and Sets Modeling departments. Renowned chef Thomas Keller allowed producer Brad Lewis to intern in his French Laundry kitchen. For the film's climax, Keller suggested a fancy, layered version of the title dish for the rat characters to cook, called "confit byaldi". The same sub-surface light scattering technique that was used on the skin in The Incredibles was used on fruits and vegetables, while new programs gave an organic texture and movement to the food. Completing the illusion were music, dialogue, and abstract imagery representing the characters' mental sensations while appreciating food. The visual flavor metaphors were created by animator Michel Gagné inspired by the work of Oskar Fischinger and Norman McLaren. To create a realistic compost pile, the Art Department photographed fifteen different kinds of produce, such as apples, berries, bananas, mushrooms, oranges, broccoli, and lettuce, in the process of rotting.
The cast members strove to make their French accents authentic yet understandable. John Ratzenberger notes that he often segued into an Italian accent. Ian Holm was cast as the character of Skinner after Bird saw him in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. According to Pixar designer Jason Deamer, "Most of the characters were designed while Jan was still directing… He has a real eye for sculpture." According to Pinkava, the critic Anton Ego was designed to resemble a vulture. To save time, human characters were designed and animated without toes. Dana Carvey was originally approached for a role but he declined as he was busy raising kids.
Rat expert Debbie Ducommun (a.k.a. the "Rat Lady") was consulted on rat habits and characteristics. Along with Ducommun's insight a vivarium containing pet rats sat in a hallway for more than a year so animators could study the movement of the animals' fur, noses, ears, paws, and tails as they ran.
Promotional material for Intel credits their platform for a 30 percent performance improvement in rendering software. They used Ratatouille in some of their marketing materials.
The film was animated with traditional techniques rather than motion capture. Bird noted this in the credits because he felt there was a trend of using real-time performance capture in animated films instead of the frame by frame methodology he "love & was proud that we had used" on the movie.
Soundtrack
Further information: Ratatouille (soundtrack)Ratatouille is the second Pixar film to be scored by Michael Giacchino after The Incredibles. It is also the second Pixar film not to be scored by Randy or Thomas Newman. The scores feature a wide range of instrumentation and are influenced by various music genres. Giacchino wrote two themes for Remy, one about him with the rat colony and the other about his hopes and dreams. He also wrote a buddy theme for both Remy and Linguini that plays when they are together. In addition to the score, Giacchino wrote the main theme song, "Le Festin", about Remy and his dream to be a chef. French artist Camille (who was 29 at the time of the film's release) was hired to perform "Le Festin" after Giacchino listened to her music and realized she was perfect for the song; as a result, the song is sung in French in almost all versions of the film. The soundtrack album was released by Walt Disney Records on June 26, 2007.
Ratatouille (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) track listing
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Le Festin" (performed by Camille) | 2:50 |
2. | "Welcome to Gusteau's" | 0:38 |
3. | "This Is Me" | 1:41 |
4. | "Granny Get Your Gun" | 2:01 |
5. | "100 Rat Dash" | 1:47 |
6. | "Wall Rat" | 2:41 |
7. | "Cast of Cooks" | 1:41 |
8. | "A Real Gourmet Kitchen" | 4:18 |
9. | "Souped Up" | 0:50 |
10. | "Is It Soup Yet?" | 1:16 |
11. | "A New Deal" | 1:56 |
12. | "Remy Drives a Linguini" | 2:26 |
13. | "Colette Shows Him le Ropes" | 2:56 |
14. | "Special Order" | 1:58 |
15. | "Kiss & Vinegar" | 1:54 |
16. | "Losing Control" | 2:04 |
17. | "Heist to See You" | 1:45 |
18. | "The Paper Chase" | 1:44 |
19. | "Remy's Revenge" | 3:24 |
20. | "Abandoning Ship" | 2:55 |
21. | "Dinner Rush" | 5:00 |
22. | "Anyone Can Cook" | 3:13 |
23. | "End Creditouilles" | 9:16 |
24. | "Ratatouille Main Theme" | 2:09 |
Total length: | 62:23 |
Release
Theatrical
Ratatouille was initially scheduled for release on June 9, 2006, but was later pushed back to June 29, 2007. This shift was reportedly made to accommodate the 2006 date for Cars.
Ratatouille's world premiere was on June 22, 2007, at Los Angeles' Kodak Theatre. The commercial release was one week later, with the short film Lifted preceding Ratatouille in theaters. Earlier in the year, it had received an Academy Award nomination. A test screening of the film was shown at the Harkins Cine Capri Theater in Scottsdale, Arizona on June 16, 2007, at which a Pixar representative was present to collect viewer feedback. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced an upcoming theatrical re-release of the film in 3D at the Disney shareholders meeting in March 2014.
Marketing
The trailer for Ratatouille debuted with the release of Cars, its immediate predecessor. It depicts an original scene where Remy is caught red-handed on the cheese trolley in the restaurant's dining area, sampling the cheese and barely escaping the establishment, intercut with separate scenes of the rat explaining directly to the audience why he is taking such risks. Similar to most of Pixar's teaser trailers, the scene was not present in the final film release.
A second trailer was released on March 23, 2007. The Ratatouille Big Cheese Tour began on May 11, 2007, with cooking demonstrations and a film preview. Voice actor Lou Romano attended the San Francisco leg of the tour for autograph signings.
Disney and Pixar were working to bring a French-produced Ratatouille-branded wine to Costco stores in August 2007, but abandoned plans because of complaints from the California Wine Institute, citing standards in labelling that restrict the use of cartoon characters to avoid attracting under-age drinkers. Moreover, both companies faced other challenges trying to lure audiences, as several stores had been overflowing with merchandise themed to other newly released films like Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Transformers, making it tougher to persuade parents to spend an additional cost between $7.99 to $19.99 on a plush rat.
In the United Kingdom, in place of releasing a theatrical trailer, a commercial featuring Remy and Emile was released in cinemas before its release to discourage obtaining unlicensed copies of films. Also, in the United Kingdom, the main characters were used for a commercial for the Nissan Note, with Remy and Emile watching an original commercial for it made for the "Surprisingly Spacious" ad campaign and also parodying it, respectively.
Disney/Pixar was concerned that audiences, particularly children, would not be familiar with the word "ratatouille" and its pronunciation. The title was, therefore, also spelled phonetically within trailers and on posters. For similar reasons, in the American release of the film, on-screen text in French was printed in English, such as the title of Gusteau's cookbook and the sign telling kitchen staff to wash their hands, though, in international versions such as the British English release and the US Spanish-language DVD release, these are rendered in French. In Canada, the film was released theatrically with text in English, but on DVD, the majority of the text (including Gusteau's will) was in French.
Home media
Ratatouille was released by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment on Blu-ray and DVD in North America on November 6, 2007. A new animated short film featuring Remy and Emile entitled Your Friend the Rat was included as a special feature, in which the two rats attempt to entreat the viewer, a human, to welcome rats as their friends, demonstrating the benefits and misconceptions of rats towards humanity through several historical examples. The eleven-minute short uses 3-D animation, 2-D animation, live action and even stop-motion animation, a first for Pixar.
The disc also includes a CGI short entitled Lifted, which was screened before the film during its theatrical run. It depicts an adolescent extraterrestrial attempting to kidnap a sleeping human. Throughout the sequence, he is graded by an adult extraterrestrial in a manner reminiscent of a driver's licensing exam road test. The entire short contains no dialogue, which is typical of Pixar Shorts not based on existing properties. Also included among the special features are deleted scenes, a featurette featuring Brad Bird discussing filmmaking and chef Thomas Keller discussing culinary creativity entitled "Fine Food and Film", and four easter eggs. Although the Region A Blu-ray edition has a French audio track, the Region 1 DVD does not, except for some copies sold in Canada.
The DVD release on November 6, 2007, earned 4,919,574 units (equivalent to US$73,744,414) in its first week (November 6–11, 2007) during which it topped the DVD charts. In total it sold 12,531,266 units (US$189,212,532) becoming the second-best-selling animated DVD of 2007, both in units sold and sales revenue, behind Happy Feet. In 2014 the film was re-rendered in 3D and in July of that year was released on Blu-ray 3D in the UK, France, and India. In 2019, Ratatouille was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Plagiarized film
See also: MockbusterIf magazine described Ratatoing, a 2007 Brazilian computer graphics cartoon by Vídeo Brinquedo, as a "ripoff" of Ratatouille. Marco Aurélio Canônico of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo described Ratatoing as a derivative of Ratatouille. Canônico discussed whether Ratatoing was similar enough to Ratatouille to warrant a lawsuit for copyright violation. The Brazilian Ministry of Culture posted Marco Aurélio Canônico's article on its website. To date no sources have been found to indicate that Pixar took legal action.
Reception
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 96% approval rating with an average rating of 8.5/10 based on 253 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Fast-paced and stunningly animated, Ratatouille adds another delightfully entertaining entry—and a rather unlikely hero—to the Pixar canon." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 96 out of 100 based on 37 reviews, the highest of any Pixar film (tied with Toy Story) and the 46th highest-rated film on the site. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "A" on scale of A+ to F.
A. O. Scott of The New York Times called Ratatouille "a nearly flawless piece of popular art, as well as one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film"; echoing the character Anton Ego in the film, he ended his review with a simple "thank you" to the creators of the film. Wally Hammond of Time Out gave the film five out of five stars, saying "A test for tiny tots, a mite nostalgic and as male-dominated as a modern kitchen it may be, but these are mere quibbles about this delightful addition to the Pixar pantheon." Andrea Gronvall of the Chicago Reader gave the film a positive review, saying "Brad Bird's second collaboration with Pixar is more ambitious and meditative than his Oscar-winning The Incredibles." Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a B, saying "Ratatouille has the Pixar technical magic without, somehow, the full Pixar flavor. It's Brad Bird's genial dessert, not so much incredible as merely sweetly edible." Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "What makes Ratatouille such a hilarious and heartfelt wonder is the way Bird contrives to let it sneak up on you. And get a load of that score from Michael Giacchino, a perfect complement to a delicious meal." James Berardinelli of ReelViews gave the film three out of four stars, saying "For parents looking to spend time in a theater with their kids or adults who want something lighter and less testosterone-oriented than the usual summer fare, Ratatouille offers a savory main course." Christy Lemire of the Associated Press gave the film a positive review, saying "Ratatouille is free of the kind of gratuitous pop-culture references that plague so many movies of the genre; it tells a story, it's very much of our world but it never goes for the cheap, easy gag." Justin Chang of Variety gave the film a positive review, saying "The master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients—abundant verbal and visual wit, genius slapstick timing, a soupcon of Gallic sophistication—to produce a warm and irresistible concoction."
Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The film may be animated, and largely taken up with rats, but its pulse is gratifyingly human. And you have never seen a computer-animated feature with this sort of visual panache and detail." Rafer Guzman of Newsday gave the film three out of four stars, saying "So many computer-animated movies are brash, loud and popping with pop-culture comedy, but Ratatouille has the warm glow of a favorite book. The characters are more than the sum of their gigabyte-consuming parts – they feel handcrafted." Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel gave the film three out of five stars, saying "Has Pixar lost its magic recipe? Ratatouille is filled with fairly generic animated imagery, a few modest chases, a couple of good gags, not a lot of laughs." Scott Foundas of LA Weekly gave the film a positive review, saying "Bird has taken the raw ingredients of an anthropomorphic-animal kiddie matinee and whipped them into a heady brew about nothing less than the principles of artistic creation." Colin Covert of the Star Tribune gave the film four out of four stars, saying "It's not just the computer animation that is vibrantly three-dimensional. It's also the well-rounded characters… I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty." Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "With Ratatouille, Bird once again delivers not just a great, witty story, but dazzling visuals as well." Bill Muller of The Arizona Republic gave the film four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "Like the burbling soup that plays a key part in Ratatouille, the movie is a delectable blend of ingredients that tickles the palette and leaves you hungry for more."
Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Ratatouille is the most straightforward and formulaic picture to date from Pixar Animation Studios, but it is also among the most enchanting and touching." Jack Mathews of the New York Daily News gave the film four out of four stars, saying "The Pixar magic continues with Brad Bird's Ratatouille, a gorgeous, wonderfully inventive computer-animated comedy." Stephen Whitty of the Newark Star-Ledger gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Fresh family fun. Although there are those slightly noxious images of rodents scampering around a kitchen, the movie doesn't stoop to kid-pandering jokes based on backtalk and bodily gases." David Ansen of Newsweek gave the film a positive review, saying "A film as rich as a sauce béarnaise, as refreshing as a raspberry sorbet, and a lot less predictable than the damn food metaphors and adjectives all us critics will churn out to describe it. OK, one more and then I'll be done: it's yummy." Peter Hartlaub of the San Francisco Chronicle gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Ratatouille never overwhelms, even though it's stocked with action, romance, historical content, family drama and serious statements about the creation of art." Richard Corliss of Time gave the film a positive review, saying "From the moment Remy enters, crashing, to the final happy fadeout, Ratatouille parades the brio and depth that set Pixar apart from and above other animation studios." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four out of four stars, saying "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." Peter Howell of the Toronto Star gave the film four out of four stars, saying "Had Bird gone the safe route, he would have robbed us of a great new cartoon figure in Remy, who like the rest of the film is rendered with animation that is at once fanciful and life-like. It's also my pick for Pixar's best."
Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal gave the film a positive review, saying "The characters are irresistible, the animation is astonishing and the film, a fantasy version of a foodie rhapsody, sustains a level of joyous invention that hasn't been seen in family entertainment since The Incredibles." Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times gave the film four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "Brad Bird's Ratatouille is so audacious you have to fall in love with its unlikely hero." Claudia Puig of USA Today gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Ratatouille is delicious fun sure to be savored by audiences of all ages for its sumptuous visuals, clever wit and irresistibly inspiring tale." Miriam Di Nunzio of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Ratatouille will make you wonder why animation needs to hide behind the mantle of 'it's for children, but grownups will like it, too.' This one's for Mom and Dad, and yep, the kids will like it, too." Michael Booth of The Denver Post gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "Writer and director Brad Bird keeps Ratatouille moving without resorting to the cute animal jokes or pop-culture wisecracking that ruined so many other recent animated films." Tom Long of The Detroit News gave the film an A, saying "Ratatouille has the technical genius, emotional core and storytelling audacity to lift it into the ranks of Pixar films, the crème de la crème of modern animation." Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, saying "No sketchy backgrounds here—Ratatouille's scenes feel like deep-focus camera shots. The textures, from the gleam of copper pans to the cobblestone streets, are almost palpable." Desson Thomson of The Washington Post gave the film a positive review, saying "Ratatouille doesn't center on the over-familiar surfaces of contemporary life. It harks back to Disney's older era when cartoons seemed part of a more elegant world with less edgy characters."
Box office
In its opening weekend in North America, Ratatouille opened in 3,940 theaters and debuted at number one with $47.2 million, the lowest Pixar opening since A Bug's Life. When the film opened, it topped at the box office ahead of 20th Century Fox's Live Free or Die Hard. Ratatouille was the first non-sequel film to reach the number one spot since Disturbia debuted two months earlier. The film only stayed in its position for a few days before being taken by Transformers. In France, where the film is set, the film broke the record for the biggest debut for an animated film and dethroned Titanic for the most consecutive weeks at the top of the box office. In the United Kingdom, the film debuted at number one with sales over £4 million. The film has grossed $206.4 million in the United States and Canada and a total of $623.7 million worldwide, making it the seventh-highest-grossing Pixar film.
Accolades
Main article: List of accolades received by RatatouilleRatatouille won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 80th Academy Awards and was nominated for four others: Best Original Score, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Screenplay, losing to Atonement, The Bourne Ultimatum (for both Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing), and Juno, respectively. With five Oscar nominations, the film broke the record for an animated feature film, surpassing the four nominations each of Aladdin, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. As of 2013, Ratatouille is tied with Up and Toy Story 3 for the second-most Oscar nominations for an animated film, behind Beauty and the Beast and WALL-E (six).
Furthermore, Ratatouille was nominated for 13 Annie Awards including twice in the Best Animated Effects, where it lost to Surf's Up, and three times in the Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production for Janeane Garofalo, Ian Holm, and Patton Oswalt, where Ian Holm won the award. It won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations including the Chicago Film Critics, the National Board of Review, the Annie Awards, the Broadcast Film Critics, the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA), and the Golden Globes.
Legacy
Video game
Main articles: Ratatouille (video game) and Ratatouille: Food FrenzyA primary video game adaptation of the film, titled Ratatouille, was released for all major consoles and handhelds in 2007. A Nintendo DS exclusive game, titled Ratatouille: Food Frenzy, was released in October 2007. Ratatouille is also among the films represented in Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, released in March 2012 for Xbox 360. The video game based on the movie was released in 2007 for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Java ME, and mobile phones. A PlayStation 3 version was released on October 23, 2007. The other versions, however were all released on June 26, 2007.
Remy is featured in the video game Kingdom Hearts III. He appears as the head chef for Scrooge McDuck's bistro and participates with Sora in cooking minigames. He is addressed only as "Little Chef" in the game, as he does not speak and cannot reveal his name to the characters.
Remy, Linguini and Colette appear as playable characters in the world builder game Disney Magic Kingdoms, in addition to attractions based on Gusteau's Kitchen and Remy's Ratatouille Adventure. In the game, the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of the events of the film.
In the video game Disney Dreamlight Valley, Remy appears as one of the characters that the player meets during the progress of the story, being the owner of the valley's restaurant, Chez Remy.
Theme park attraction
Main article: Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de RémyA Disney theme park attraction based on the film has been constructed in Walt Disney Studios Park, Disneyland Paris. Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy is based upon scenes from the film and uses trackless ride technology. In the attraction, riders "shrink down to the size of a rat". At the 2017 D23 Expo, Disney announced the attraction would be built at the France Pavilion in Epcot's World Showcase which opened on October 1, 2021, during the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World and the 39th anniversary of Epcot.
Unofficial musical
Main article: Ratatouille the MusicalIn late 2020, users of the social media app TikTok crowdsourced the creation of a musical based on the film. A virtual concert presentation of it, produced by Seaview Productions, streamed for 72 hours on TodayTix beginning January 1, 2021 to benefit The Actors Fund in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is directed by Six co-creator and co-director Lucy Moss from a script adaptation by Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, both of whom co-executive produced the concert with Jeremy O. Harris. The cast included Kevin Chamberlin as Gusteau, Andrew Barth Feldman as Linguini, Titus Burgess as Remy, Adam Lambert as Emile, Wayne Brady as Django, Priscilla Lopez as Mabel, Ashley Park as Colette, André De Shields as Anton Ego, Owen Tabaka as Young Anton Ego and Mary Testa as Skinner. The concert raised over $1.9 million for The Actors Fund.
References in popular culture
The film has often been referenced in popular culture since its release, being mentioned or parodied on shows such as Saturday Night Live, My Name Is Earl, The Simpsons, Breaking Bad, Key & Peele, Orange Is the New Black, Teen Titans Go!, Difficult People, The Good Place, Once Upon a Time, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Ted Lasso, as well as in the films The Five-Year Engagement (2012), The Suicide Squad (2021), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), and in comedian John Mulaney's comedy special New in Town.
A parody of Ratatouille is a significant plot thread in the 2022 science-fiction film Everything Everywhere All at Once. In the middle of the film, the main character Evelyn Wang (Michelle Yeoh) attempts to explain the multiverse and the concept of "verse-jumping" (temporarily linking one’s consciousness to another version of themselves in a different universe, and accessing all the emotions, memories, and skills in the process) to her family using the Pixar film as an analogy, only to misremember it as being about a raccoon and being titled Raccacoonie. Later, in one of several parallel universes, Evelyn is a teppanyaki chef who works with another teppanyaki chef named Chad (Harry Shum Jr.) who is indeed being puppeteered by the anthropomorphic Raccacoonie (voiced by Randy Newman) who is hiding under Chad's chef hat, much like Remy and Linguini; during the film's climactic montage, Evelyn exposes Raccacoonie and he is taken away by animal control, before she has a change of heart and helps Chad rescue Raccacoonie. Reportedly inspired by producer Jonathan Wang's father's habit of misremembering the names of popular films, the running joke was described by IGN as "one of the film's highlights", while Alison Herman of The Ringer noted a thematic resonance as both films were about "the virtues of creativity within material constraints".
Notes
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