by Rianne Hill Soriano

Created on: October 04, 2010   Last Updated: October 05, 2010

The technically, thematically, and emotionally accomplished Ratatouille is a gourmet treat. With such taste for hearty aesthetics, it has all the ingredients of a masterpiece. As it goes beyond the pre-conceived boundaries explored by its story, this film leaves you with that feeling of wanting to see it again as soon as it's over.

Ratatouille is a lovingly crafted film sprinkled with visual marvel and flavored with a sophisticated French setting that is completely hearty, tasty, and touching. It seems genuinely created from fresh ingredients and cooked up with unexpected seasonings and layered with complex flavors that leaves a miraculously sweet after taste. 

Ratatouille has a generous serving of an inventive story, clever and witty script, enchanting colors, deeply realized animation, glorious music, fast pacing, touching moments, and lots of delicious food. It is an irresistible feast of comedy, imagination, intelligence, and heart. While hitting the innermost core of human emotions, it's a wonderful recipe presented in a light and fun way while still keeping up with its serious undertones exposing the complexities of social realities - all without trying too hard. Audiences of all ages are offered a simple moral tale about pushing beyond the social boundaries to achieve success. The luxurious palette gives a culinary inspiration that goes beyond its physicality - it becomes a crème de la crème of modern animation that it makes people rethink of what animation and filmmaking can further accomplish in terms of visual splendor and touching the human heart. And the magic is definitely there.

Pixar's master chef for this film, writer/director Brad Bird, blends all the right ingredients to craft such rich emotional characters and situations. He effectively stages his scenes without neglecting the essence of his very story. He keeps his film moving, tickling your imagination and your emotional palette with the right dose of aesthetics and heart-filled rhythm. Ratatouille is a classic example of an artistic creation weaved as a genuine piece of popular art that puts equal emphasis on the sumptuous audio-visual fare, cleverness, and characterization of the story.

Its workable slapstick timing revolving around an irresistibly inspiring tale maintains such a quality story with dazzling visualizations. Unlike most animated movies resorting to airhead animal jokes, gratuitous pop-culture references, cheap gags, lowbrow comedy, and nonsense scatological

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