Chicago Sun-Times
Miriam Di Nunzio |
8 |
...a treat... |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips |
9 |
...sly, more sophisticated and more interesting than most PG-13 or R-rated comedies at the moment. |
E!
Dezhda Mountz |
10 |
...a five-star meal for all the senses. |
filmcritic.com
David Levine |
10 |
...an intricate dish, infused with energetic and amusing storylines that are all fully cooked and complementary to the film's rich visual look. It's easily the best Pixar creation next to The Incredibles; arguably it's even better. |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
9 |
It's hard to imagine anything in the foreseeable future will top Ratatouille for sheer artistry and inventiveness. |
TV Guide
Ken Fox |
8 |
...a clever, ingeniously animated film filled with many shining moments. |
Reel
Pam Grady |
9 |
...a scrumptious and savory entree, delivered with wit and aplomb. It is the most delicious offering yet from those wizards at Pixar. |
Slant Magazine
Nick Schager |
8 |
...a return to form for Pixar -- a boisterous ode to culinary delights, artistic inspiration, egalitarianism, camaraderie, family, and Paris, marrying unparalleled CG splendor with humor that's part classical Disney cartoonishness, part Jacques Tati-style physical drollness. |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
8 |
...a dish fit for a king. |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
7 |
...a blithe concoction, as well as a miraculously textured piece of animated design. |
New York Times
A. O. Scott |
10 |
...a nearly flawless piece of popular art, as well as one of the most persuasive portraits of an artist ever committed to film. It provides the kind of deep, transporting pleasure, at once simple and sophisticated, that movies at their best have always promised. |
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan |
9 |
...as audacious as they come. It takes risks and goes places other films wouldn't dare, and it ends up putting rival imaginations in the shade. |
People
Leah Rozen |
8 |
...a delcious delight, brimming with colorful characters, lush animation and, as Remy rises at a chic Parisian restaurant, useful culinary advice. |
LA Weekly
Scott Foundas |
8 |
...as much a feast for the senses as it is food for thought. |
Village Voice
Scott Foundas |
8 |
...as much a feast for the senses as it is food for thought. |
Onion AV Club
Tasha Robinson |
9 |
...delectable... |
Maxim
Pete Hammond |
10 |
...a masterpiece that has to be the front-runner for this year's animated Oscar |
Premiere
Glenn Kenny |
9 |
...is, in its improbable way, a lovely and heartfelt parable about real-world tolerance and acceptance. |
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer |
8 |
...better at pleasing the eye than the other senses. |
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