But... CAN anyone cook? (Movie Commentary) 

"You can't change nature" "Change IS nature" is kinda a raw line to be from an animated kids movie lol

'How you gonna end up in this man's hat' that part got me

When Ego was a critic, he was rail thin because "if i dont love it, i dont swallow" but at the end, you can see his stomach is more round, to show he's actually started eating more.

25:13 Reminds me of a quote from a Bollywood movie called English Vinglish "When a man cooks, it’s an art. But when a woman cooks, it’s her responsibility."

The cut from him diving for the rat after accidentally pushing him off the ledge to him soaking wet is hilarious

There's a great little bit of irony in this movie. Colette tells Linguini he can't be like "mommy in the kitchen" but that's exactly how Remy wins over Anton Ego. LOL

ego's speech at the end always makes me tear up. it's such a refreshing and feel-good message about the state of being an artist in the world. this and kiki's delivery service makes me feel the same happiness about being a creative. i loved this movie when I saw it at 5 and I still love it watching it at 20.

Im so happy yall reacted to this. One of my favorite tif bits is Collete tells Linguini/Remy is to 'Not be mommy' and yet what won in the end was a dish that tasted like what mother would have made.

Your commentaries are my bedtime noise. And waking, I watch it again the next day. Thanks for being great company

"How do the rats pay?" ---I love the idea that Remy makes them dishes out of the excess food that would otherwise get thrown out, and they either don't pay, or they help clean! Down with food waste, and I wish all restaurants could be like this 😊😂

Ahhh I remember watching this for the first time with my family thinking it would be a chill time.. instead it was me faking not having 'gay panic' whenever Collette was on screen 😅 seriously tho, wonderful movie. Looking forward to y'alls reaction! 😁

I like the detail that the ghost of Gusteau doesn’t come back after getting rescued like Remy is fulling embracing that his family is his true guidance and everything also what you said with the rollerskates holy shit from someone who watched this film since a kid I never noticed that Linguini's clumsy walky is fixed by using rollerskates

The title dish is one that was made popular by chef Thomas Keller, who was the chef consultant on this movie. All the cooking advice you hear in the movie is real advice. Thomas Keller was the guy that asked what the chef had was new.

I love how cleverly worded Ego's review is. Anyone not knowing the truth would assume that "it is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's" refers to Linguini but everyone who does would know it refers to Remy.

My brother is very much like Remy. I ask for chicken sandwiches during one visit and he made chicken cutlets, garlic bread, grilled some tomatoes, and made a salad thingy for the lettuce. It was the best sandwich I've had ever since moving from NY too 😂

The first time Remmy falls into the kitchen he lands in a pan of soapy water, thereby 'cleansing' his sewer fur before touching all the food. Always thought that was a neat detail.

26:13 There's actually a deleted scene where Gusteau is not only alive, but they explain that the frozen foods line is because of how dire their situation actually is, to get at least some money going into the restaurant.

To be fair, when it comes to Rémy controlling Linguini with his hair, it's one of those movie moments where you just have to turn your brain off and go with it

from a fellow person with adhd, i find cooking stressful as well. it requires a lot of multitasking and that in combination with the fear of wasting food and time can get very exhausting. that's why cooking is one of my most frequent sources of executive dysfunction. also, cooking is a prime source for intrusive thoughts. i often have to think of wanting to burn my hands on the hot stove tops or hurting myself with a knife. wrestling those thoughts while trying to cook is really draining.

Gotta give it to Remy's restaurant at the end since leftovers and scraps most likely go to the colony, that means "La Ratatouille" is a 0 waste establishment with barely any garbage being thrown out. Delicious AND eco friendly!

25:45 yes and the whole "women's job except as professional" isn't just with cooking. You can say the same about nurses vs doctors.

One great detail is the theme about food driving you back in past memories fits perfectly with classic french litterature. In Proust's "à la recherche du temps perdu (Searching of the lost time)", the author explains how the taste of petite madelaine takes him back to his childhood, like an attempt to win the battle with time. Ego gets the same feeling and it fits perfectly since its set in Paris. Also, noticing how Remy is choosing a "peseant" dish. He knows his roots and he knows how to cook just like Anton's mom since he grew up and learnt how to cook in french country side. A chef with so humble roots reminding one of the top critics that kind of country side comfort but in a more gourmet, haute cuisine way presented. It adds to the whole "a great artist can come from anywhere" since Paris and haute cuisine/high society is famous for it's snob manners where someone could be treated as less worthy because of his less fancy origins.

I get it Stef, I have cooking anxiety too. Mostly centered around starting a fire 😬

5:50 this talk is basically my fear of doing anything involving materials. Im naturally anxious but throw in too many years where I had to count every penny, being all too aware of our environmental issues, and having health issues which make me consider energy/time a commodity, and its all gathers to develope in me severe issues regarding a fear of messing up and that mess up leading to waste. It comes up with trying new foods/recipes, making repairs, crafting, and more. I knew there had to be others with anxiety focused on this kind of thingbut this is the first time Ive heard someone expressing something close to the feelings I have. It feels good. Thank you ❤

27:26 Omg, thank you for saying this so much! Because I hate when people use the "It's so predictable therefore it's bad" without either seeing the movie or just not enjoying the movie because it's "too tropey" It's a weird concept in my mind as someone who enjoys writing and who likes writing of the movie more than the drawing or art...

You can say no to family if they’re overstepping your boundaries

He fallen in the soapy water in the kitchen, so i guess he got cleaned. But i love how he was soaked and you can see his fur slowly dry.

Fun question, why was Linguini taking food to give to Remy not Stealing yet Remy taking food for his brother teft. At the time Linguini was just an employee, and arguably Remi was more the chef they hired in the most important way just without them knowing.

1:17:02 "They make something new that was a marriage of the two sides of the story." I just realized, when Remy explains combining two ostensibly opposite flavors into one the result can be magical... man these writers....

Honestly, when they started talking about peasant food it made me think about my Turkish Dede. We always had dolma and fasulia. Standard peasant dishes, but so hearty and warm and full of flavour.

Oh god, I also get such bad cooking anxiety! Its such a spiral that makes me miserable. Luckily my husband enjoys coking, so he cooks most of the time and I clean 😅

I love Ratatouille! This is one of my favorite movies. I've always been interested in learning different languages, especially French. I started learning French in the 6th grade, and ever since, I fell in love with the French language and culture, especially the food. I love French cuisine! Food, in general, is so special. That's why I cry every single time I see Anton Ego's flashback to his childhood eating Ratatouille. This movie also inspires me because Remy is so passionate, and that is something that my parents always instilled in us. Whatever we decided to do, my parents always said we should feel passionate about it and work hard. Besides that, Remy has a friend in Linguini, and eventually, Colette believes Remy can be a great cook even though he is a rat. Ratatouille has taught me that there is always time to find/rediscover my passion, to keep going, and never stop, even if it seems impossible. I used to doubt myself and was trying to figure out what I wanted to do career-wise. I went from job to job, trying to figure out my path. It's been a long journey, but with the support of my friends, family, and my partner, I followed my path. In a month, I will take the next step in my journey and pursue a Master's in French Studies. I look forward to my future and continuing to study and eventually teach French.

Omg I am fucking crying, how did I not notice the up and down look in which she thought he was referring to as “little chef?” Jfc

Ego's flashback is what us french call " une madeleine de Proust " what is something who remind us our childhood (not especially food) in reference of the french writer, Marcel Proust who said in one of his books that medeleines' odor reminded him the time where he went on his aunt's house and she always gave him one after dipping it in her tea.

"Although each country will dispute this, the best food in the world is made in France" Steph: Immediate offended Italian noises

Wow that really is funny how he’s uncoordinated at everything in life but skating 😂 I mean he even teaches collette at one point who’s clearly coordinated enough to run the kitchen and everything else lol)

"... Which is weird because we've got to keep women in the just not in the professional kitchen." It's not weird from the oppressor's perspective because that's exactly how to keep people down. If you're in the professional kitchen, that's a major promotion, not to mention you're being paid to cook.

A favorite of my family, in part due to me being a massive animation nerd and my mom actually having studied in france for a year. You guys have been going through most of my childhood films lately and i just have to say thanks for the trip down memory lane.

I’m guessing the fancy ass restaurants who like to serve tiny foods for a high price started as peasant foods at one point

Fun fact lobsters were origanally fed to prisoners before the numbers decreased.

This is my fav childhood movie and still is to this day ❤

The final line from the critic is one of my favorite quotes about art and artists

Old lady’s ruthless lol she knows they’re gonna come back since they’ve been living in her house so her answer is animal abuse apparently

Old Disney/Pixar movies always had little things for adults in their movies (for ex: the toxic couple remy just spies on lmao) but it’s honestly hilarious to watch now than when it flew over my head as a kid 😂

Steph why do you know that rats don’t have a gag reflex?? The two of or are SO full of random facts. I really do enjoy it 😂

Língua is also tongue in Portuguese. ❤ Cooking stresses me because I have to figure out what I want to eat to figure out what I need to buy, then wash it, chop it, prepare it THEN cook THEN eat and THEN wash the dishes.

There's a very impressive theory that the old lady in the beginning is Ego's mother, and also that Gusteau is Ego's brother! This is evidenced by the fact that she's wearing the same thing in Ego's flashback when she made ratatouille, and if you look, there is what appears to be a portrait of Gusteau hanging in the background. The theory is essentially: Ego's always been hard on Gusteau because he felt like Gusteau sold out, and thus dedicated his own life to preserving their mothers teachings and recipes. The dish that cost Gusteau one of his stars was the ratatouille dish, because it was a far cry from the one they ate when they grew up with. This also perfectly sets up the ending, because its not just the realization that it's delicious, it's the realization of, "They did it. They finally perfected our mothers recipe!"

Dang so after having ratatouille he was suddenly not a sickly pale human any longer lol

Thank you for this channel I lost my dad back in April and he always loved showing me different movies and this channel has been very comforting.

In the end credits, they put a sticker that brags about how they used 100% genuine animation instead of motion capture. This was a response to the fact that the previous year, they lost the best animated Oscar to Happy Feet.

We watched parts of this in my Illustration 101 class and this movie is a prime example of the love artists put into this. Like when Remy calls his imaginary chef and Illustration instead of a drawing or picture. And how the tiles of the kitchen aren't perfectly straight or even the things you noticed about Ego's grim reaper skull type writer and coffin shaped office.

For context: what they make here is confit--it's essentially Ratatouille Pro. It's not something anyone can make without a bit of equipment. Actual ratatoiulle is like five veggies you chop, you fry, and then you throw in a pot (I'm not even exaggerating, that's literally the whole process). It's a peasant dish because it's very accessible, it's a grandma dish and feels like a hug :). (Stef, your family might even have had it because it's actually from the south of france and covered in olive oil).

as a french speaking belgian who eats a lot of french adjacent food, i can assure you, the best food in france is *not* made in paris the most expensive is but the best french cuisine has to offer is in the provinces

One time my dad called me to put the ribs in the oven. When he came back home it was an hour later and I was sitting on the ground and I hadn't done it yet because I wasn't sure if the oven was hot enough yet. I get very stressed cooking but that was one of my worse moments.

Waking up to a Movie Budz video = perfect start to the day.

Probably one of my favorite commentaries you guys have done! I always liked this movie because it does leave you with such a good message after all is said and done. Every time I watch it, it makes me want to go buy bread and cheese and grapes. 🥖🧀🍇

This is my sibling's favorite and it's really good. The message of not belonging to any group, to being yourself and being proud of yourself no matter what, is truly beautiful. "Change is nature" is such a beautiful line. The one thing i disagree with is the sterling part. Stealing food to survive isn't wrong. Also the fact that Remi stops seeing Gusteau after he says he never need him, chef's kiss. The characters are well put together and there's so many ditails that i can't imagine how much effort the creators put into it.

54:33 The mime street performer is Bomb Voyage, the French villain in The Incredibles who got away because Buddy/Syndrome interfered with Mr. Incredible catching him.

Remy: The Book! Me: Forget the book, run for your life!

My favorite Pixar movie 😍

I get what you mean about wine. I drink it occasionally because I like to feel like I'm being fancy and sophisticated, but I personally always mix it with some kind of fruit juice, otherwise it tastes...like, just wine.

58:28: I think you guys have also pointed it out when watching How To Train Your Dragon (or maybe it was another duo reaction channel, but I digress) that everyone had some sort of accent except for the main group of characters. A lot of people *probably* do this so the main characters are, *I guess*, easier to understand and be able to relate more to the characters. That, and keeping up a fake accent for someone who is not trained would probably take either a lot of time, money, and effort, or the act of forcing a fake accent with an already modified voice could possibly injure a voice actor's voice when it's their job in that movie/show to, well, voice act. It didn't stand out to me growing as I watched a lot of movies from before I was able to even understand lessons and important themes, but I definitely notice it a lot more now!

I always thought the reason Linguini was able to be controlled was because of the short that played before the movie. Wasn't he the guy the aliens were tossing around? I understand that it's a convenient excuse, but what else do you say about being abducted by aliens?

16:45 She has to respect that saying since it's why she's allowed to cook. No one in that kitchen is who you expect to cook, and likely wouldn't be hired other places

Man, I did NOT realize it at any point during the dozen times I've seen "Ratatouille" by now, but Linguini was into Colette since the BEGINNING! And without her, not only would Linguini not get training in the kitchen, the story wouldn't have happened. Linguini looked at her 11:58 and 12:45, and on the second timestamp, while he was distracted by her, his clumsiness made him tip over the soup, spilling half of it on the floor. In his panic, he tossed random ingredients into it and ruined it. Thereby giving Remy his chance to fix it and bringing Remy and Linguini together once Remy was caught in the kitchen. And then towards the end, Colette helped Remy and Linguini win Ego's favor by serving him ratatouille. Thank you, Colette! We couldn't have done this without you!

13:00 "He's RUINING the S0UP !!!"

1:10:38 Ratatouille, in its original and simplest form, is a stew made of different vegetables that have been diced or sometimes julienned and seasoned, then baked like a casserole. However, the style of layering and plating that Remy uses in the movie was invented and named by Pixar's culinary consultant Michel Guerard. The plating style has its own name: Confit Byaldi. Rather than stirring everything together in the pot before and while cooking it, Remy and Colette used a mandoline to thinly slice all the squashes and eggplant and then layer them in a spiral pattern before pouring on the sauce and baking it. Other than that the ingredients are the same. Ratatouille is considered a "peasant's dish" similar to gumbo, chili, Spanish Arroz con Pollo (chicken and rice), goulash, shepherd's pie, Italian Puttanesca sauce (literally "prostitute's pasta sauce") to go with pasta, Chinese congee (rice porridge,) and many more. All these dishes are meant to maximize the food/ingredients you already had or were able to easily obtain. They're very delicious and depending on your region, budget-friendly. Ratatouille is a vegetarian or even vegan dish because it contains no meat. If you have it, you could choose to add some, but most people leave it out. In countryside France, like where Ego lived as a kid when his mom made him Ratatouille, many people had/have vegetable gardens. So it was relatively easy to access tomatoes, squash, and eggplants that go in the dish. People who had livestock typically didn't eat it themselves, they kept chickens for eggs and goats/cows for milk and cheese rather than meat. A vegetable-based stew like Ratatouille was a very cheap meal that could feed a family and make you feel fuller with less food.

This is by far my favorite Pixar movie. I find it funny though that people seem to interpret the entire staff quitting as "Oh, I don't want to work with a rat." Rather than "My boss has gone crazy." This isn't the only commentary that I've seen someone interpret it that way, and I wonder why that's the thought when they build up to the looking crazy thing with Skinner but ultimately have Linguine look like the crazy one in the end.

Rats get a bad reputation for something that wasn't even their fault! They didn't cause the plague, they carried a flea that had the plague on it! There's even a featurette on this movies DVD that talks about it!

Love this movie so much. Gotta be one of my top five movies of all time. Never get tired of Ego’s speech at the end.

14:06 Yeah, rats are pretty squishy! That's why pet rats are such fun to be around and why they're so good at hide-and-seek. A rat can basically fit into any opening as long as their skull fits into it. They're very flexible, and yes, squishy.

Rats are precious and smart. And very festidious cleaners. I have loved my pet rats for years, perfect little furballs.

This was a great commentary to a great movie, what gave me a great cold midnight while i was detangling my hair. Lots of love, guys!

I think a 2nd movie of this with Remy's mom being a main focus would've been pretty cool

I used to watch this all the time when my brother and sister were little, they used to make me say "YOU CANNOT BE MOMMY!" all the time 😢😢😢 now they are finishing school and going to uni they grow up so fast!

I love rewatching your videos. They help my insomnia ☺️☺️

I imagine within the restaurant they set up at the end of the film, the rats eat the table scraps, so they don't end up wasting any food, and no food goes bad, because it's already been eaten.

I know this video is 8 months old and steph is no longer on yt, but that henna needs to be complemented. it is so beautiful

Damn Sam poppin off with the artistic appreciation!

I love yall perspectives, great movie, great reaction

Not me eating alfredo and forgetting the the chef’s son’s name being alfredo linguini 😂

As a pet-rat owner, I can def. say that the personalities of all the rats in this movie, is spot-fkng- ON 😅😅😂😂 I've had the picky eaters, and the "I'll eat anything you give me", the polite ones and the assholes too 👍👍 A lovely movie ❤❤🐭🐭

Your henna looks fantastic!! I had some done for my sister’s wedding and constantly smudged it because I could not sit still 😅

I’ve had a terrible day, y’all make me feel better, thank you ❤

Skinner is just French Mr. Crocker 🙂😂

I've only seen the movie a few times years ago but only while watching this, it just clicked that Skinner's name is probably a reference to the psychologist BF Skinner who's done experiments with rats!

Loving one of the themes is natural talent (Remy) vs talent that is taught and experienced (Collette) can learn off each other

Breakfast and Budz…nice start to my Saturday! Ratatouille is one of my favorite Pixar movies. Always a remote drop!

this is actually my favorite animated movie, I swear I just watched it like 3 days ago out of the blue before going to bed, and now you guys made a video about it, i don’t know it’s crazy😂🫶🏻 i love ur channel so much, I study architecture and i watch u guys while drawing really late at night, it keeps me awake and makes me laugh like a crazy person at 4 am, greetings from Honduras🇭🇳

Yea I feel I don’t belong in the kitchen for too long bc I’ll either fuck it up, make a mess (then again I try my best to put things away and clean as I go so I won’t see the pile of dishes after) or I end up wasting and I absolutely hate wasting food, I’ll probably just go and buy more food in the middle of cooking just to get it done lol but yea the thought of wasting food or the disappointment of only getting to eat it in ten minutes after an hour or so of cooking sounds exhausting and even just thinking about what to eat for dinner and what time to start cooking sounds stressful 😅 also just making sure I have to go exactly by the recipe so I don’t fuck it up or it ends up tasting like shit bc I know I don’t cook 😂 and this coming from someone with a mom who can very much cook so it must’ve skipped a generation (I’d be linguini in this situation lol)

Love you guys ❤ your reactions help me when I'm feeling down

In general for me if my food is edible then generally Im happy, especially since I already put time and money into making it, so sunk cost and all. Lastly I really don't have a preferance for expensive cuts of meat, even when I eat it at occasions I honestly would be fine with that or regular ingredients

I love this movie! It’s one of the few my dad actually sat and watched with me as a kid (he didn’t like most movies). I also have made ratatouille a number of times - not the fancy version in the movie, the stew version Ego gets as a child. It’s always a hit!

This was my favorite Pixar movie for quite a while. Then Inside Out came out, lol.

7:29 😂😂😂 And thats when she had a heart attack...

"I'd have a lot easier time believing this-" Sam, a fleet of rats cooked gourmet meals.

Ratatouille is my personal favorite Pixar movie.

They consulted actual French chefs for the food animation

I got so excited at this! This is in my top 5 animated movies🤧 I would love to see you react to Disney’s Bolt a very underrated movie with an interesting plot and message and humor. Thank you for your videos, always fun and comforting 😌

Tell your chef to hit me with his best shot and i don’t swallow.