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Film review: Ratatouille
Further to “Toys, Superman, The Ocean Floor, Racing…Story”, Ratatouille was also translated “Delicacy Story”. It seems that Pixar’s cartoons can not get rid of the “story”, but the new film Ratatouille is more than a story. After laughing, you can get something meaningful that you’ll never forget.
The story takes place in the city of Paris. Remy (voice of Patton Oswalt), a well-read rat who has always wanted to be a chef, has been living with his father and brother among a colony of rats hiding in the roof of a French country home. While the rest are content with simply foraging for garbage, he is an expert with a taste for fine food. His senses are so refined that he refuses to eat garbage and is used by others as a "poison detector" since he can tell if something is poisoned by sniffing it. His dream, however, is to become a chef, and he gets a chance to achieve his dreams when he meets Linguini (Lou Romano), a janitor at Gusteau's, a famous Paris restaurant. Hiding under Linguini's chef's hat, Remy urges the young man to create dishes of amazing mastery. Like a puppet, Remy pulls the strings and Linguini takes the credit. Soon, Gusteau's is the talk of the city and Linguini has captured the heart of the woman of his dreams, Colette (Janeane Garofalo). But trouble looms. The chef (Ian Holm) whose position Linguini usurped wants revenge. And powerful food critic Anton Ego (Peter O'Toole) has decided to have a meal at Gusteau's. Ego is amazed by the dish, bringing back memories of his mother's cooking, and asks to see the chef. Linguini and Colette wait until all the other customers leave to reveal Remy and the rats to Ego. Ego leaves the restaurant deep in thought, and writes a glowing review of the meal the next day, declaring Remy to be "nothing less than the finest chef in France". Gusteau's restaurant is closed a short time later after a health inspector discovered the rats in the kitchen. Though Ego's reputation is tarnished on reviewing a restaurant plagued with rats, he eagerly funds a popular new bistro, "La Ratatouille", run by Linguini and Colette, featuring dinner areas for both humans and rats and a kitchen designed for Remy to continue to cook in.
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