Master Rank #69

Ratatouille

2007

GCML Total9.2640% Greatness · 40% Engagement · 20% Ease

Directed by Jan Pinkava, Brad Bird

CastPatton Oswalt · Lou Romano · Brad Garrett

USAEnglishAnimation / Comedy111 minG
IMDb Top 250Animated FeatureModerate pace
Original poster artwork · Great Cinema Master List
Oscar · 1Globe · 1BAFTA · 1

Spoiler-free premise

A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession.

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Remy, a rat with an exceptional sense of taste, reaches Paris and secretly guides inexperienced kitchen worker Linguini from beneath his chef's hat. Their partnership must remain hidden inside a restaurant whose staff and critic expect professional mastery.

Why it belongs

Ratatouille makes cooking sensuous and cinematic through movement, color, sound, and a rat chef whose artistry feels physically convincing.

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Pixar translates taste and smell into color, motion, sound, and expressive reaction, while Remy and Linguini's concealed physical coordination makes the professional kitchen both comic machinery and a serious argument for craft, memory, and creative opportunity.

Major award record

Metadata only · zero points in 40/40/20

Plus 1 additional win

No headline-category win to name

Plus 1 additional win

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Totals include every recorded competitive win. Only Picture or top-film honors, Direction, Screenplay, and lead or supporting performances are named.

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