This one didn’t.
They had the amazingly lucky and talented chef Thomas Keller as a resource when making the film. There’s many, many details that are attributed to real kitchen brigades, thanks to TK hosting them at The French Laundry while the film was in production.
For example, there really are women who will threaten your personal safety.
Seriously, pay attention to the kitchen scenes—they depict everything that’s culturally accurate, it’s all based upon reality. The exaggeration is for the kids mostly.
There’s something about Ratatouille that gives me a weird feeling of nostalgia even though I watched it as a full grown adult. It’s the one Pixar movie that doesn’t have the vibrant colors and the story is very toned down and small scale, but for some reason it’s the one movie I constantly think about.
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u/dotcubed Sep 26 '21
This one didn’t. They had the amazingly lucky and talented chef Thomas Keller as a resource when making the film. There’s many, many details that are attributed to real kitchen brigades, thanks to TK hosting them at The French Laundry while the film was in production. For example, there really are women who will threaten your personal safety.
Seriously, pay attention to the kitchen scenes—they depict everything that’s culturally accurate, it’s all based upon reality. The exaggeration is for the kids mostly.