There, I said it. It's done. Brad Bird is one of my favorite directors working today.
This film is an amazing achievement on so many different levels. First is the complete ingenious use of visual storytelling. This film is not dialogue heavy and is a throwback to so many slapstick comedy's. Which works in even more advantage because of the relationship between Remy and Linguini.
There are so many classic parts to this film, I don't even know where to start. I feel bad coming back from the preview screening and not really having a well structured review. Throughout the film we are given surprises with some of the most ingenious characters to ever grace the scene. The character of "Ego", (voiced by Peter O'Toole) almost steals the film. And I won't say it here, but Bird pulls off a moment which will go down in film history as one of the funniest and most emotional part in a film. There are so many throwbacks to old films in paris as well as just great storytelling throughout the film. All I can say is that I hope I am this good when I get to my third film.
See this film. It's the best film of the summer.