Ratatouille

Title: Ratatouille
Year: 2007
Directors: Brad Bird & Jan Pinkava
Writers: Brad Bird & Jim Capobianco, story by Jan Pinkava & Brad Bird
Starring: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O'Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo
Music: Michael Giacchino
Distinctions: Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film; Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay, Best Score, Best Sound and Best Sound Editing; currently #154 on IMDb's Top 250
Synopsis: a rat poses as a chef by controlling a human like a puppet
How I saw it: on video, twice (rented from Netflix), most recently today
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay).
Objective Rating: 8/10 (points off for concept and story) c. 3.1/4 (Very good).

I'm a fan of Pixar in general, but this one in particular just doesn't do anything for me. I mean, it's not as bad as Cars by a long shot, and it's a lot better than just about any non-Pixar animated film from the last thirty years. But... idunno. There's something about the story that rubs me the wrong way; the best I can do to pin it down is to say it felt sit-com-ish. But it's funny and fast paced and kind of cute, and the animation is all kinds of good, so whatever.