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Ratatouille (Widescreen) |  | Directors: Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
Actors: Brad Garrett, Lou Romano, Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn, Tony Russel
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 36.99
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2014
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 786936727173
UPC: 786936727173
EAN: 0786936727173
ASIN: B000VBJEEG
Theatrical Release Date: June 29, 2007
Release Date: November 6, 2007
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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 Very impressed January 6, 2010
Milo (Ottawa, ON)
This was my first purchase through Amazon.ca and I was a little worried about buying online from a company I wasn't familiar with. I was not let down and I can honestly say that I have no complaints whatsoever about this product... It arrived in good condition and in a timely manner, and I didn't have to pay a cent more than planned. I wouldn't hesistate to buy from here again or to recommend this product to a friend!
exceptional blu-ray quality November 1, 2009
Cheryl
The blu-ray visuals on Ratatouille are astounding - the clarity and colour scheme details really bring the picture alive. Also the audio is uncompressed! If you like this film, I highly recommend the blu-ray - it truly showcases this film's artwork. I also like the cine-explore feature (which is often a pop-up pic-in-pic with deleted scenes and featurettes) - it's very entertaining. There is also a beat-the-clock type game involving many recipes, for any aspiring chefs. For me however, it's all about how fantastic this film looks on blu-ray.
 good story, will annoy pedants April 2, 2009
SpaceHippieGeek (Canada)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ratatouille was cute and funny. Remy, the lead character is a rat who struggles with the choice between being his true self in a world of humans, and being with all his family and loved ones. With humans, Remy can cook and produce food, but has few real relationships. He and the human Linguini share a common love of food, but their cross-species friendship is often strained by misunderstanding. With his fellow rats, Remy has a community and the respect of his peers, but is forbidden from his passion. Eventually, Remy is able to reconcile his two worlds with a charming message of friendhip, loyalty, and love.
The writers deserve props for Collette - a female character that is tough as nails while maintaining her humanity. She is likeable and relatable, without being at all weak. Instead, she is sympathetic because her compassion comes from a place of strength.
Another great aspect to this movie is the atmosphere. The Parisian scenery brings to life a city of passion and love. The animators did a great job. This is a new style of CG. The artwork has such heart to it, that I almost forgot it wasn't water colour animated.
Despite all these good things, the film still falls short. It is difficult to suspend disbelief about talking animals when they interact with talking humans. The mix of rat and human storylines also limits the character development opportunities. In the human world, we enjoy following Linguini's career and romantic aspirations and, in the rat world, we grow to care about Remy's journy, but there isn't enough screen time to get any depth in either storyline.
The other big flaw, which will only annoy pedantic animal lovers like myself, is in the very premise of the movie. Rats actually have an excellent sense of smell. And while, in urban settings, they get dirty out of necessity, they are very picky about what they eat. This is the big flaw which keeps the movie from being a keeper. As much as I kept telling myself it was fantasy, I kept getting distracted by the lack of realism.
Absolument délicieux :-) December 28, 2008
C. Lafontaine (Rouyn-Noranda, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
J'ai adorer ce film, ce film me rappelle quand j'ai eu mon premier emploi comme plongeur dans un restaurant ou je travailler :-)
A clever tale worthy of the Disney-Pixar stamp January 28, 2008
J. Tupone (Saskatchewan)
A person (or writing team) must be pretty creative to come up with the concept of a French rat who desires something more out of life; the desire to create works of art through the culinary arts. The absurd idea that a rat has a personality and yearns to be something more than just a scavenger of garbage is in and of itself a humorous one. This crazy idea sets the tone of Ratatouille and the fun keeps building from there.
Mix that worldly rat's existential desires to take his gifts and become a creator of something with a bumbling young man who needs a job and you have the perfect recipe for a fun and entertaining film. The film is definitely absurd but that's what makes it fun. As an individual who loves to eat and loves to create dishes I was actually able to relate to the main character even though he is a rat!
As with any Pixar film, there are several great characters who do nothing short of improve the film and make it that much more enjoyable. Pixar has been highly successful, once again, in creating a film that an entire family can enjoy together and that in itself makes it worth buying and watching.
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