Plot summary

Obsessed by his ambitious culinary aspirations, Remy, a young Parisian rat gifted with an impeccable sense of smell and a delicate palate, winds up at the Michelin-star restaurant of Chef Auguste Gusteau, his idol. And as the ecstatic rodent sets foot in the busy kitchen, the four-legged food wizard becomes the guardian angel of hapless garbage boy Alfredo Linguini after helping him take credit for a scrumptious gastronomic delight. Now, the sky's the limit. However, Chef Skinner, Gusteau's villainous new owner, and cynical restaurant critic Anton Ego want to see Linguini fail. But as the stakes rise, the question remains. Can anyone cook?—Nick Riganas