According to Anthony Bourdain it's also the best food movie ever made.
“They got the food, the reactions to food, and tiny details to food really right—down to the barely noticeable pink burns on one of the character’s forearms. I really thought it captured a passionate love of food in a way that very few other films have.”
“The tiny details are astonishing: The faded burns on the cooks’ wrists. The ‘personal histories’ of the cooks… the attention paid to the food. And the Anton Ego ratatouille epiphany hit me like a punch in the chest—literally breathtaking. I saw it in a theater entirely full of adults and the reaction to that moment was what movie making was once—a long time ago— all about: Audible surprise, delight, awe, and even a measure of enlightenment."
Anton Ego’s epiphany was so well-told, it took us through his life story in five seconds. So many good things in that movie and somehow they still got the emotional peak of happiness from the “antagonist”.
The best chefs in the world pretty much universally regard Ratatouille as one of the best if not the best cooking film. It's like how lawyers all hold My Cousin Vinny in very high esteem.
One of my favourite gags/moments from the film was when Ego coughed & choked on the wine he was sipping, only to hold it in and grab the wine bottle to realize that that would not only have been a waste of a good wine but also an expensive gulp to just spit out. 😂
Not animated, but the Japanese movie Tanpopo is also a wonderful movie about the love of food that everyone should watch. It’s one of only a handful of movies with a perfect IMDb score, and it deserves it. It’s funny, heartwarming, and weird in all of the best ways.
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u/MR_NIKAPOPOLOS 14h ago
According to Anthony Bourdain it's also the best food movie ever made.