Remy is a rat with a refined sense of taste and a dream of becoming a great chef, which is a little inconvenient because most restaurants are pretty anti-rat. After getting separated from his colony, Remy ends up in Paris beneath the restaurant of his hero, Auguste Gusteau. There he forms an unlikely partnership with Linguini, a clumsy garbage boy who can barely boil water, and secretly guides him through the kitchen by hiding under his chef’s hat. Ratatouille is a funny, warm, beautifully animated story about food, art, criticism, ambition, and the terrifying idea that the best cook in Paris might have whiskers.