| Overall: | A- |
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| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | B+ |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C+ |
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| Video Release: | 05 Nov 2007 |
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A rat helps a spider save the life of a runty little pig in both the animated and live-action versions of Charlotte’s Web. A little family of Russian mice set sail to start their lives in a new country in An American Tale. The secret underground world of rats is explored Flushed Away, another computer animated movie.
Home Video Extra Features
DVD Release Date: 6 November 2007
Ratatouille is served up on DVD with two short films as appetizers: Your Friend the Rat (starring Remy and Emile) and Pixar’s Lifted (shown with the film in theaters). Other side dishes include deleted scenes (with introductions by screenwriter/director Brad Bird) and the featurette Fine Food and Film (with Brad Bird and Chef Thomas Keller).
The Blu-ray release of Ratatouille offers all of the above, plus Gusteau’s Gourmet Game and Cine-Explore (an opportunity to customize your own behind-the-scenes experience with access to animation briefings, documentary shorts, as well as deleted shots and scenes).
Presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio, both formats of the movie have English audio tracks recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
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About the Reviewer: Kerry Bennett
Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.
