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The middle slapstick scenes lasted too long. The kids in the theater liked it for awhile but even they turned quiet eventually...

I was surprised by the illegitimacy angle. Especially in the context of a protagonists mother. The movie description of her was that she professed belief in heaven, was publicly known as the Chefs lover and was keeping knowledge of the father and son from each other. If you think that’s being picky then I’m picky. I found it odd and disturbing in the presence of so many pre-schoolers in the audience.

Hold on -- are you still talking about the pre-schoolers who were bored by the slapstick? They're going to pick up on Linguini being 'illegitimate'? And let's be honest, shall we? How many of the kids in the theater do you think shared that distinction?

In case you haven't noticed, we now live in a different age. If you were somehow hoping that Ratatouille would be something like a VeggieTales movie with Sunday School themes because it's rated "G," sorry! You were wrong.

If Linguini and Colette's relationship was implied to have rapidly progressed beyond a kiss and a scooter ride, that would have been worrisome. But the only times we saw either of them in bed, each was alone.

Just got back from seeing it... with three other adults, and a total of ten children.

I loved it, found it absolutely splendid -- inspiring and entertaining.

We saw it after waiting in a long line at the hipper-than-thou Alamo Drafthouse Theater, which also had a line, albeit muchmuch shorter, for Sicko. When we exited, there was another huge line for the next showing of Ratatoiulle... and only a handful of children were in it. Very interesting.

(On a side note: there was a guy in the front of the lobby with a basket of pet rats. The kids were fighting to hold them, and even I couldn't resist picking one up and playing with it. Very sweet little animal. Maybe it was the pint of Stella Artois I had, or maybe the flick succeeded in making the normally offensive absolutely irresistible.)

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