First of all, this is not Pixar’s best effort. Along with a confusing plot, there is one unnecessary use of the ‘H’ word in this film. But the film was great on a comic scale. Remy is a rat, yes a rat, who unlike the rest of his clan, hates garbage and likes human food. He finds and steals a book called “Anyone Can Cook.” From then on, he starts seeing the ghost of Gusteau, the owner of a once five star restaurant and author of the book.

When Remy gets lost from his rat family, he goes into the restaurant where he sees recently recruited garbage boy Linguini. Linguini has ruined a soup, and much to Remy’s dismay, he freaks out and falls into the sink while attempting to fix it. When Remy is almost done fixing the soup, Linguini sees him, along with the manager, Skinner, who orders Linguini to get rid of him. But Remy had fixed the soup in a way so the food critic who was there liked it. The manager tells Linguini to make the soup again, but he can’t because he didn’t make it, Remy did.

The two make a friendship and Remy helps Linguini become a great chef. A girl named Colette, make that the only girl in Gusteau’s restaurant, also helps out. But they will have to be careful around the sneaky manager.

This movie, like other Pixar films, had funny stuff in it. Like the scene where Gusteau’s ghost shows up and Remy says, “Is this going to become a regular thing with you?” The timing however, 1 hour, 54 minutes, was way too long. Rated G, but I think it should be rated PG for scenes too confusing for children to understand.

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