30-Day Film Challenge: Day 244 Favorite Animated/Childrens Film - Part 2: Modern-Day Ratatouille (2007, Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava) Starring the voices of: Patton Oswalt, Lou Romano, Ian Holm, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Peter Sohn, Brian Dennehy, Will Arnett, James Remar, John Ratzenberger, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile and Peter OToole Defining moment: Food critic Anton Ego tastes Remy’s dish and is plunged into memories of his childhood. Sandwiched in time between Cars and Wall-E, Pixar’s Ratatouille was the third animated feature from codirector Brad Bird, after The Iron Giant and The Incredibles. Perhaps there’s no better example of the boldness of Pixar’s approach to story and character. Ratatouille tells of Remy, a food-obsessed French rat washed down a sewer only to emerge in Paris, where he begins to help an awkward young kitchen worker cook incredible food in a top restaurant. The story is as mature and original as the animation (which, as ever, is groundbreaking without showing off—just look at how they show water and hair). And the Peter O’Toole–voiced character—Anton Ego, the icy food critic thawed by Remy’s cooking—is a total delight. Pixar also proved that originality can sell: The film stormed the box office.
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