Adam Rogers
Culture

How good will Ratatouille be?

Ratatouille, the next animated movie from Pixar, is already getting good press, though as with any movie it’s hard to disentangle the love from the PR. It’s directed by Brad Bird, the ex-Simpsons guy who made Iron Giant and The Incredibles, so my expectations are high. But check out this review from Newsarama: As perceptive […]

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Ratatouille, the next animated movie from Pixar, is already getting good press, though as with any movie it's hard to disentangle the love from the PR. It's directed by Brad Bird, the ex-Simpsons guy who made Iron Giant and The Incredibles, so my expectations are high.

But check out this review from Newsarama:

As perceptive and delicate as a song by Edith Piaf and as sensitive yet ribald as a Chuck Jones short, only a director like Brad Bird could take an idea like Ratatouille
and make it work.

[snips]

It’s only the only time I’ve gone to an ANIMATED feature film screening and at the end saw the film get a standing ovation.

From “film critics” no less.

In my experience, attendees at press-only screenings rarely make any noise when the movie's over, so I don't know how much salt to take this with. But standing O's are standing O's.