A very good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since it is available on Disney+, I was quite eager to check it again. Anyway, back then, the Pixar features were quite amazing and this movie was not an exception. First of all, the story actually did sound rather lame (a rat becoming a cook) and you could imagine that their colleagues at Disney could have ruined the whole thing by making something really childish, oversentimental and completely cheesy. Fortunately, the plot surprisingly worked and the whole thing was funny, touching and quite entertaining and, as usual, the animation was downright gorgeous. Even though Brad Bird was credited as making yet another impressive animated feature, as a matter of fact, this project was actually developped by Jan Pinkava from 2001 until 2005 when Brad Bird took over. Apparently, because they lacked confidence in Pinkava's story development, Pixar management decided to replace him and they seemed to have made the right choice since it was again a massive success for them, however, we will never know how Pinkava's version would have turned out to be (there was a similar conflict with 'Brave' for which director Brenda Chapman was also replaced). Coming back to our main feature, the only issue I had was that, even though Remy was indeed a great character, in my opinion, Linguini was not so strong though and they did struggle to make the two characters work convincingly together. Anyway, even though it is not my favorite Pixar movie, it is still one of their best productions and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.


8/10