Ratatouille is a 2007 computer-animated comedy film co-written and directed by Brad Bird, who also directed The Incredibles. The title refers to a French dish, "Ratatouille", which is served at the end of the film and is also a play on words about the species of the main character. The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy, an anthropomorphic rat who enjoys cooking, and the main protagonist, Lou Romano as Linguini, a garbage boy who makes friends with Remy, and the deuteragonist, Ian Holm as Skinner, the head chef of Gusteau's and the main antagonist, Janeane Garofalo as Colette, a rôtisseur worker at Gusteau's restaurant, Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a restaurant reviewer, Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's dad and head of his clan, Peter Sohn as Emile, Remy's brother, and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, a currently dead chef. It follows a rat named Remy, who wants to become a chef, and tries to meet his goal by joining a Parasian restaurant‘s garbage boy, Linguini.
Cast[]
- Patton Oswalt as Remy, an anthropomorphic rat with a sense of taste and smell, who is talented to and desires cooking, and the main protagonist.
- Lou Romano as Linguini, the son of Auguste and Renata Linguini, and the deuteragonist.
- Janeane Garofalo as Colette, Gusteau's chef de partie.
- Ian Holm as Skinner, a diminutive chef and owner of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant. Since Gusteau's death, Skinner has used Gusteau’s name to own a line of cheap frozen foods.
- Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau
- Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy and Emile’s dad.
- Peter Sohn as Emile, Remy’s brother.
- Will Arnett as Horst, Skinner’s German sous chef.
- Julius Callahan as Lalo, Gusteau's saucier and poissonnier. Callahan also voices François, the advertising executive handling the marketing of Gusteau's microwaveable products.
Trivia[]
- This is Pixa's first film after Disney officially got the company, as well as the last Pixar movie to use the 1995-2007 Disney logo used in the first seven films. From WALL-E onwards, the 2006-present Disney logo would be used in all future Pixar films.
- It's also the first Pixar movie to not be THX-certified at all.