From left: Steve Knibbs (Chief Operating Officer of Vue cinemas), Hammad Raza (winner 7-11 category) and Joel Defries (Blue Peter Presenter)
Name: Hammad Raza
Category: 7-11
School/College: Rudston Preparatory School, Rotherham
Film: Ratatouille
Ratatouille
Pixar animated studios present another hilarious comedy adventure, this time of a rat who loves to cook and a love story between the two main human characters Linguini (Lou Romano) and fiery French lady Chef (Janeane Garofolo) in Ratatouille in 2007. The director and co writer of this fabulous movie is Brad Bird.
The theme of the story is the American dream, which is that anyone can become anything if they try hard enough. In this case a rat called Remy (Patton Oswalt) dreams of becoming a chef.
This is 98 minutes of thrilling animated entertainment for all ages to enjoy which I have watched with my parents after a lovely Sunday lunch. Lets just forget about my lunch and go back to Remy’s adventures in French celebrity chef Gusteau’s restaurant kitchen where he literally puppets around kitchen boy Linguini who is absolutely hopeless at cooking. I adored the way the taste of the food was described with dazzling colourful illustrations accompanied by beautiful music.
This movie does not fail to emphasise family ties and teamwork. The best part of Ratatouille is the way Remy pursues his dream in a dangerous busy kitchen. The movie ends on a positive note of triumph and success which shows that hard work always pays off with startling rewards and recognition. I must admit one character was missing which could have been Remy’s love interest apart from cooking. But on second thoughts he would not have had any time spare for her as he was ever so determined to prove that a rat can cook the best dishes in the whole of Paris.
Basically Ratatouille is a fantastic 4 star rating movie and I shall be watching it again some time in the future.
Winners 2009
Young Film Critic
15–19 year range
David Ritchie
Sensory Impaired Category
Abbie Donohoe
11-14 year range
Hannah Pusey
Sensory Impaired Category
Jonny Hall
7–11 year range
Hammad Raza
Sensory Impaired Category
Olivia Ansah-Smith
Mini Film Fan
4–7 year range
Film Club Award
Primary category
Secondary category
Congratulations to all
the 2009 YFC nominees