Tonight with the Family: 17 years ago with this movie, Pixar Studios gave us an absolutely delicious performance

From early childhood, Remy dreamed of becoming a chef in the most prestigious restaurant of the French capital. Against and against the advice of his family members, who prefer to survive whatever comes their way without question, he routinely steals whatever ingredients and flavorings he can find to create new recipes.

His motto, which has always guided him, is the famous maxim once uttered by the great chef Auguste Gusteau: “Everyone can cook.”

The only problem is that Remy is a rat.

• Tonight with the family: 18 years ago, after seeing this movie, it was funny for us to walk through the movie theater parking lot!

Of rats and men

Three years after making Pixar’s first feature film directed exclusively by humans, Brad Bird repeats his work by exploring the kitchens of the great Parisian restaurants and their entire staff. Sure, Ratatouille’s main character is a rodent, but 95% of the characters he interacts with are male and female.

Beyond the (yet important) challenge of making people behave realistically in computer-generated images, the leaders of this new project plan to explore a whole new world: haute cuisine.

A journey for the taste buds

To awaken their taste and imagination, they fly to Paris and host a culinary journey to the most prestigious establishments of the capital. Back, inspired by this delicious presence, with a great script, memorable characters and a masterful soundtrack, they offer the public a special fine dining experience.

Consisting of original ingredients that Pixar’s regulars may not be accustomed to using, but made according to the studio’s traditional recipe, Ratatouille is without a doubt one of the company’s most successful works, and everyone agrees after finishing the plate.

An undeniable success

With an average of 4.3 stars out of 5 according to AlloCiné viewers and a true commercial success upon its theatrical release, it also gave Pixar its third Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

If you haven’t walked between the copper pans and ovens of Chez Gusto since Remy, and if these few lines made your mouth water, don’t hesitate to catch up with this little chef of animated work.

What will you like…

• The irresistible and incredible duo of hair marionettes that Remy and Linguine create together.

• The angry and tyrannical little chef of Restaurant Gusteau is much more funny than menacing.

• A brilliant final scene in which Remy’s ratatouille serves as “Proust’s Madeleine” for Anton Ego, the inscrutable gastronomic critic.

What could be bothering them…

• The window of the pest control store that Remy shakes in the middle of the movie, and whose front is actually inspired by a real Parisian store.

(Re)discover all the hidden details in ‘Ratatouille’…