Archive for July 26th, 2007
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Last night I went to a preview screening with my husband Andrew Ian Dodge of an animated film called Ratatouille, this I am told, is the last combined animated offering from Disney and Pixar.
The film takes place in Paris, France and follows the life of Remy a ‘blue rat’ who has a brilliant sense of smell and therefore, an equisite appreciation of ‘good’ food and who dreams of becoming a gourmet chef in a five-star French Restaurant like his hero Auguste Gusteau whose moto is ‘anyone can cook’. Through a turn of fate, Remy meets up with a frustrated chef called Linguine who is currently employed as a garbage boy for Gusteau’s restaurant .. and their unlikely relationship unfolds as Remy enables Linguine to impress food critics and rise to the top as a talented chef.
This film was thoroughly enjoyable with lots of ‘out loud laughs’. Although at first, it was just me and Andrew who were laughing out loud as we were surrounded by a room of ‘industry critics’. The animation was fantastic and very realistic. The whole thing had a complete ‘feel good’ nature about it and would appeal to both adults and children. All in all it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening. Ratatouille, will be out in October 2007.