Your Friend the Rat (2007) (V)

Director:

Jim Capobianco

Writers:

Jim Capobianco (written by)
Jeff Pidgeon (story) ...

Release Date:

6 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Family

Plot:

Remy and Emile plead the case for rats by illustrating the historical and scientific facts about the species and their interaction with humans. |

Plot Keywords:

Rat | Historical | Chalkboard | Animal | Black Death

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Patton Oswalt	...	Remy (voice)
Peter Sohn	...	Emile (voice)
Lou Romano	...	Linguini (voice)
Tony Russel	...	Disclaimer Guy (voice)
Sigmund Vik	...	Norwegian Rat (voice)
Jim Capobianco	...	Director Voice (voice)

Runtime:

11 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

South Korea:All

Company:

Pixar Animation Studios

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: A chalkboard drawing of an astronaut gets frightened by a rat.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Remy: Hello, I'm Remy and this is my brother Emile.
Emile: Hi.
Remy: We're here to speak out on behalf of repressed rats everywhere. Rats who don't have the access to media that our movie escorts us. Yes, we have to. We rats have to take a stand.
Emile: You said we'd sing something. You know, joke around. You did not say we were going to take a stand.
Remy: This is important. Humans need to know, humans need to...
Emile: Feed us. That's what you need to do. Leave some garbage out and we won't bother you. Just leave the lid on top of the can loose.
[...]

Movie Connections:

References WALL·E (2008)

Soundtrack:

Plan B

Uh...

This is one of the two shorts on the 2-Disc Special Edition of Ratatouille. I think it is one of those that you love or hate. It wasn't my cup of tea, but if you're a big fan of the flick itself, you may like it. I get that this may have been fun to do when working for a long time on one project, to blow off some steam, the way special effects people will sometimes playfully do key-frame stuff that obviously will not wind up being used in the film. And I'm, of course, not blind to how many different styles of animation that this uses, and how unusual that is. It is pretty creative, well-edited, never stands still. If you are not up for all the information(which I can neither confirm or deny the truth of, I don't know enough to judge it), or the intentionally and jokingly preachy tone, well, you'd better be up for the comedy, or this will not be for you. The voice acting is fine. I did not personally find this particularly funny, except for maybe the ending, though I can definitely imagine that others will. There's nothing offensive in this. I recommend this solely to those who think this might interest them. 6/10