Ratatouille [* * * * *]

This is another lovely modern story. Some of these ideas are terrific for kids who need to develop an idea of who they can be. It's about the equality of all living beings.

A rat who has such a highly developed sense of smell that he can recognise ingredients in what he eats. He begins to cook. Then his colony is chased out of the country and into the city - and the city happens to be Paris.

Rat and a boy make a pact after he creates a soup that wows a critic, and from then on it's amusing and actionpacked until this rat is declared to be the best chef in all of Paris by a food critic towards the end of the movie.

It's creative, fun and exposes a prejudice about rats (and women) in the cordon bleu kitchen, and their talent, in general.

Anyone who's ever known a rats (or women;) will never hurt those determined, delightful creatures - even if they make your fav bookshelf into a nest - they're architects of great talent and talented garbage-disposers ... theres no food wasted around them. They're polite enough about what they'll eat if you make sure you feed them regularly. And they're wonderfully sensitive to environment if you have a rat around, you know days in advance that it's going to rain.:)