Ratatouile is one of my favorite films. The film is about rat cooking with people in a kitchen in France. Remy is a member of a large family of rats who live in the trash cans and sewers of a Parisian suburb. The rats are expelled from their cozy home in a cottage-kitchen ceiling.
Remy washes ashore beside the river, in view of France's most famous restaurant. This is the home of Auguste Gusteau, best-selling author of Anyone Can Cook.
Remy has always had a refined palate and a delicate nose, and now he's skulking around Gusteau's kitchen. Remy's culinary hero is Auguste Gusteau while he do the cooking.
Unfortunately, Gusteau died in poison when the evil culinary critic Anton Ego gives a blistering critique of his recent cookery. "Anyone can cook." But it's only now that I grasp what he was saying. Not everyone has the potential to become a great artist, yet great artists can come from anyplace.
Linguini and Remy meet, and when Linguini receives credit for a soup that the rat has saved with clever seasonings, they form a partnership. Remy burrows into Linguini's hair, is hidden by his toque, can see through its transparent sides, and commands Linguini by pulling on each tuft as a joystick.
They astound Paris with their brilliance when they work together. If you enjoy cooking, I recommend you watch this film.