Ratatouille!

Ratatouille is a Disney movie that came out last month and was in my list of movies to watch summer. Unlike most movies these days, where the trailer/teaser is usually better than the movie itself, Ratatouille turned out to be pretty good, probably one of the best movies of the year so far.

The movie's main theme is that "Anyone can cook" and involves the relationship between a farm rat Rémy and a janitor in a restaurant named Alfredo Linguini. Rémy knows how to cook, whereas Alfredo only creates a mess of things. It is Rémy's keen sense of smell and his love for gourmet food that makes Alfredo into a supposedly famous cook in Paris, the Mecca of culinary enthusiasts. The movie incorporates several other themes like male dominance in restaurant kitchens and family relationships.

Pixar, like always, seems to come on top when it comes to the animation in the movie. Even though the cast of the movie is not as well known as most big movies in Hollywood these days; however, it is worth a watch. According to Tom Brooks, from the BBC show Talking Movies, it may be an Oscar winner; Rotten Tomatoes also boasts it to be the best movie of the year so far.