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. Reportedly inspired by producer Jonathan Wang's father's habit of misremembering the names of popular films, [126] the running joke was described by IGN as "one of the film's highlights", [127] while Alison Herman of The Ringer noted a thematic resonance as both films were about "the virtues of creativity within material constraints". According to Pixar designer Jason Deamer, "Most of the characters were designed while Jan [Pinkava] was still directing… He has a real eye for sculpture. 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.

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. Ego asks to meet the chef, and is stunned upon being introduced to Remy after the restaurant closes for the evening. Ratatouille 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.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.

After Remy tells Django that he intends to stay at the restaurant, Django shows him a group of exterminated rats in an attempt to convince him that humans are dangerous, but Remy ignores his warnings and leaves. 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. 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. Disney CEO Bob Iger announced an upcoming theatrical re-release of the film in 3D at the Disney shareholders meeting in March 2014. 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.With five Oscar nominations, the film broke the record for an animated feature film, surpassing the four nominations each of Aladdin, Monsters, Inc. A primary video game adaptation of the film, titled Ratatouille, was released for all major consoles and handhelds in 2007.

Completing the illusion were music, dialogue, and abstract imagery representing the characters' mental sensations while appreciating food. When the film opened, it topped at the box office ahead of 20th Century Fox's Live Free or Die Hard. Ratatouille ( / ˌ r æ t ə ˈ t uː i/ RAT-ə- TOO-ee) is a 2007 American animated comedy-drama film [3] produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.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. Ant-Man • Ant-Man and the Wasp • Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania • The Avengers • Avengers: Age of Ultron • Avengers: Endgame • Avengers: Infinity War • Black Panther • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever • Black Widow • Captain America: Civil War • Captain America: The Winter Soldier • Captain Marvel • Doctor Strange • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness • Eternals • Guardians of the Galaxy • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.