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Critic Reviews for Ratatouille - Metacritic
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Ratatouille
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: June 29, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
96
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 37 Critic Reviews
Positive:
37
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
TimeRichard Corliss
The subtle colors and textures of the food alone make Ratatouille a three-star Michelin evening. Read full review
100
The New YorkerDavid Denby
In Ratatouille, the level of moment-by-moment craftsmanship is a wonder. Read full review
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
This is clearly one of the best of the year's films. Every time an animated film is successful, you have to read all over again about how animation isn't "just for children" but "for the whole family," and "even for adults going on their own." No kidding! Read full review
100
EmpireIan Nathan
That feeling you have as you leave the cinema - that buzzing in the fingers and lightness in the heart - is called joy. Read full review
100
The Hollywood ReporterKirk Honeycutt
Brad Bird and Pixar recapture the charm and winning imagination of classic Disney animation. Read full review
100
VarietyJustin Chang
Ratatouille is delicious. In this satisfying, souffle-light tale of a plucky French rodent with a passion for cooking, the master chefs at Pixar have blended all the right ingredients -- abundant verbal and visual wit, genius slapstick timing, a soupcon of Gallic sophistication -- to produce a warm and irresistible concoction that's sure to appeal to everyone's inner Julia Child. Read full review
100
New York Magazine (Vulture)David Edelstein
Bird clearly knows the great silent clowns: The slapstick he devises is balletic. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Phillips
Its sense of humor is more sly, more sophisticated and more interesting than most PG-13 or R-rated comedies at the moment. The film may be animated, and largely taken up with rats, but its pulse is gratifyingly human. Read full review
100
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
A nearly flawless piece of popular art, as well as one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film. It provides the kind of deep, transporting pleasure, at once simple and sophisticated, that movies at their best have always promised. Read full review
100
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Ratatouille is as audacious as they come. It takes risks and goes places other films wouldn't dare, and it ends up putting rival imaginations in the shade. Read full review
100
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The characters are irresistible -- why would anyone want to resist a hero who so gallantly transcends his rattiness? -- the animation is astonishing and the film, a fantasy version of a foodie rhapsody, sustains a level of joyous invention that hasn't been seen in family entertainment since "The Incredibles." Read full review
100
New York PostLou Lumenick
If there is a genius working in Hollywood today, it's animation director Brad Bird, who tops the delightful "The Incredibles" with arguably the finest 'toon in the Pixar canon, Ratatouille. Read full review
100
Baltimore SunMichael Sragow
Ratatouille is a sublime dish of a movie, and the company's piece de resistance. Read full review
100
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The most difficult task in Pixar's 20-year history: to make an un-Mickey-like rodent appealing enough to admire. Read full review
100
Chicago ReaderStaff (not credited)
Superbly rendered CGI animation. Read full review
100
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
A gorgeous, wonderfully inventive computer-animated comedy. Read full review
100
PremiereGlenn Kenny
The slapstick-comic set pieces involving Remy and Linguini's cooking struggles might solicit the admiration of Buster Keaton and Jacques Tati. Read full review
100
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Bird is one of the great modern animators -- as well as an astonishingly gifted filmmaker, period -- precisely because he doesn't set out to wow us. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Hartlaub
Ratatouille is a classic. Read full review
100
NewsweekDavid Ansen
A film as rich as a sauce béarnaise, as refreshing as a raspberry sorbet. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Bird and his co-writers leave room for quiet moments and gentle morals, but for the most part, they send visual gags and verbal punchlines tearing past at an enjoyably demanding speed, whipping up the film's energy at every turn. Read full review
91
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Long for an animated feature and too demanding for very young children, but it's also filled with delights. Read full review
91
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
Hilarious. And more proof that Pixar is in a class of its own. Read full review
90
Village VoiceScott Foundas
Ratatouille is as much a feast for the senses as it is food for thought. Read full review
90
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Observed mostly from Remy's rat's-eye view, Gusteau's kitchen is a memorable world-in-miniature with its vivid old-fashioned stoves, bright, brassy pots and general air of frenzied industry; never did sliced red onions or simmering soup look so fresh and real. Read full review
89
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Pixar's animation is simply flawless; colorful, deeply realized, and ably conveying both the chaos of the kitchen, and the sensual allure of food well prepared. Read full review
88
Rolling StonePeter Travers
What makes Ratatouille such a hilarious and heartfelt wonder is the way Bird contrives to let it sneak up on you. Read full review
88
USA TodayClaudia Puig
Like the best French cuisine, Ratatouille is ambitious and delightful. Read full review
88
Boston GlobeWesley Morris
All the voice work here is excellent, especially Oswalt's. He sounds like Paul Giamatti but with a greater capacity for confidence. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Remy, the little rat who stars in the big, beautiful, funny Ratatouille, isn't gross at all. In fact, he's adorable. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
A French rat as a master chef? Absurd. But a brilliant French chef with an American accent? C'est grotesque! Read full review
88
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
A clever, ingeniously animated film filled with many shining moments. Read full review
83
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
As was also true of Pixar's last movie, "Cars," Ratatouille is better at pleasing the eye than the other senses. Read full review
80
Film ThreatPete Vonder Haar
Stunningly animated, cleverly scripted, and genuinely humorous. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Ratatouille is a blithe concoction, as well as a miraculously textured piece of animated design. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
For parents looking to spend time in a theater with their kids or adults who want something lighter and less testosterone-oriented than the usual summer fare, Ratatouille offers a savory main course. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Has the sort of richness and dimension that are the hallmarks of master storytellers at work. Read full review
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