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Ratatouille

2007111 minutesG
3.6
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
8.1IMDb
🍅 96%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 96/100Metacritic
🎬 7.8TMDb
📊 17.0Popularity
🏆Won 1 Oscar. 68 wins & 42 nominations total
Directed by: Brad Bird
A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely, and certainly unwanted, visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down.

Box Office

Budget:$150.0M
Revenue:$623.7M
Profit:$473.7M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision3.4/10
Emotional Arc Impact5.5/10
Thematic Consistency2/10
Overall Score3.6/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Ratatouille Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
8 min
3
Set-Up
18 min
4
Catalyst
28 min
5
Debate
40 min
6
Break Into Two
50 min
7
B Story
60 min
8
Fun and Games
72 min
9
Midpoint
85 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
94 min
11
All Is Lost
102 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
106 min
13
Break Into Three
108 min
14
Finale
109 min
15
Final Image
111 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Paris skyline; Remy observing gourmet food; dream of becoming chef.

#2

Theme Stated

8 min

Anyone can cook; talent and passion transcend origin or species.

#3

Set-Up

18 min

Remy’s family disapproves; joins Gusteau’s kitchen; first challenges navigating human world and kitchen hierarchy.

#4

Catalyst

28 min

Remy meets Linguini; they decide to collaborate secretly; stakes established.

#5

Debate

40 min

Can they keep secret partnership hidden? Fear of failure; risk of exposure.

#6

Break Into Two

50 min

Remy begins controlling Linguini’s movements; inventive cooking sequences; building confidence.

#7

B Story

60 min

Relationship between Remy and Linguini develops; trust and friendship; growth together.

#8

Fun and Games

72 min

Creative cooking sequences; humorous mishaps; culinary triumphs; Parisian restaurant adventure.

#9

Midpoint

85 min

Successful high-profile dinner; praise from critics; false peak of success; exposure risk increases.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

94 min

Skinner discovers secret; threatens career; pressure mounting; internal doubt.

#11

All Is Lost

102 min

Remy and Linguini almost caught; trust shaken; failure seems imminent.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

106 min

Remy considers giving up; believes dream impossible; sadness and despair.

#13

Break Into Three

108 min

Final plan executed; courage and creativity combine; stakes at peak.

#14

Finale

109 min

Culinary success achieved; identity as chef embraced; resolution of personal and external conflicts.

#15

Final Image

111 min

Remy cooking confidently; restaurant thrives; dream realized; mirror of opening with fulfilled ambition.