Ratatouille

Ratatouille (rat-a-too-ee) is a 2007 computer-animated family film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was the eighth movie produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005. It was released on June 29, 2007 in the United States, to both critical acclaim and box office success. The title refers to a French dish which is served in the film, and is also a play on words on the species of the main character. Remy is an unusual rat who lives in the attic of a French country home with his brother Emile and a pack led by his father Django. Remy is gifted with keen senses of taste and smell and he is inspired to explore cuisine by the late chef Gusteau's belief that "anyone can cook," but his talents are instead used to sniff for rat poison in the garbage. When the rats are discovered, they flee into the sewers. Remy is separated from the others and ends up at Gusteau's restaurant. An imaginary Gusteau encourages him to watch the kitchen at work from a skylight. Inside, Skinner, Gusteau's former sous-chef and the current owner of the establishment, reluctantly hires Linguini, the son of Gusteau's old flame, as a janitor. Linguini, unseen by all but Remy, accidentally spills the soup and tries to fix it by adding ingredients at random. Remy is so horrified, he slips and falls into the kitchen. During his attempt to escape out a window, he cannot resist stopping to correct the soup. As he is finishing up, Remy is caught by Linguini, who himself is caught by Skinner, but before anyone can react, the soup is served to the customers and found to be a rousing success. Believing Linguini to be responsible for the soup, Skinner tasks him to recreate it the next night and to kill the rat. Linguini is unable to kill Remy, recognizing that he is the "little chef" who made the soup, and takes him home.

Remy discovers that he can control Linguini's movements by pulling on his hair.

Linguini discovers that Remy can understand him. By chance, they stumble upon a way for Remy to cook undetected; by pulling on Linguini's hair, Remy can control Linguini's movements in the fashion of a marionette. With Remy hidden under his toque blanche, Linguini is able to make the soup for Skinner. Jealous of his success, Skinner orders Linguini to prepare one of Gusteau's old recipes, without telling him that it had been a failure. However, Remy changes the dish, despite opposition from the kitchen's sole female cook, Collette, resulting in another triumph and helping to revitalize the restaurant. Linguini begins to develop a relationship with Collette.

Meanwhile, Skinner learns that Linguini is actually Gusteau's son and is therefore the rightful owner of the restaurant, threatening his plan to use Gusteau's name to market a line of microwaveable meals. Remy happens across the documents showing Linguini's lineage and Gusteau's will, and takes them to Linguini. Linguini takes over the restaurant and fires Skinner.

Then, Remy encounters Emile looking for food outside the restaurant, and is reunited with the pack. Django warns Remy again of how humans see rats as vermin, but Remy refuses to give up his partnership with a human. Over subsequent nights, Remy reluctantly brings food from the restaurant to Emile and his growing group of friends.

One day, food critic Anton Ego, who had cost Gusteau's one of its star ratings in past, pays a surprise visit and informs Linguini that he will be back the following day to review the cuisine. The pressure on Linguini causes him to have a falling out with Remy, who retaliates by leading the pack on a raid of the kitchen's food. Discovering the theft, Linguini tells Remy he never wants to see him again.

Remy and Linguini realize the next day that they need each other. When Remy returns to the restaurant, having escaped Skinner's attempt to trap him, Linguini finally introduces him to the rest of the staff as the true cook. They all think he has lost his mind and walk out on him, but Collette returns after remembering Gusteau's motto. Django puts his pack under Remy's command to replace the departed staff, with Linguini taking over as head waiter. When a health inspector whom Skinner had tipped off shows up, they tie him up and hide him. They repeat the process when Skinner appears.

Remy decides to make a variation on ratatouille for Ego's visit. The critic finds the dish so amazing, it evokes a memory of his mother's cooking from his childhood. He asks to meet the chef in person. Only after all the other customers have left does Linguini bring Remy out from the kitchen. Ego is confused at first, but the next day, he publishes a glowing review in the newspaper, praising the chef as the greatest in all of France. Despite the rave review, the restaurant is soon shut down by the freed health inspector due to the rat infestation, and Ego loses his job and his credibility. However, he finances Linguini and Collette's successful new bistro, "La Ratatouille", with a kitchen set up for Remy's use, and serving both humans and rats.

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