Ratatouille (2007) Review
Ratatouille is one of the best Pixar films and one of the best animated films of the twenty-first century. The premise sounds like an idea that would test poorly with focus groups and get killed in development.
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1980sPlanes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) Review
John Hughes had directed Sixteen Candles in 1984, The Breakfast Club in 1985, Weird Science in 1985 and Ferris Bueller's Day Off in 1986, and written Pretty in Pink in 1986 and Some Kind of Wonderful in 1987 for director…
1990sThe Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) Review
Burton developed the original story concept, designed the major characters, and produced the production. Jack experiences substantial existential dissatisfaction with his role despite his substantial popularity among the Halloween Town inhabitants.
1980sMidnight Run (1988) Review
Midnight Run is one of the great American films of the 1980s and one of the most substantially underrated buddy action comedies in commercial cinema history. Martin Brest had directed Going in Style in 1979 and Beverly Hills Cop in…
2010sThe Lego Movie (2014) Review
The Lego Movie is one of the great American animated films of the 2010s and one of the most substantial commercial cinema surprises of the decade. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had directed Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in…
ChildhoodThe Jungle Book (1967 / 2016), Contrast Review
The Jungle Book exists in two substantial Disney adaptations across nearly five decades. The 1967 animated production is one of the great classical Disney films.
1990sThe Iron Giant (1999) Review
Brad Bird had been working primarily as television animator before The Iron Giant. The film loosely adapts Ted Hughes's 1968 novel The Iron Man, published in the United States as The Iron Giant.
2000sFinding Nemo (2003) Review
Finding Nemo is one of the foundational documents of Pixar's golden era and one of the great American animated films of the early twenty-first century. Stanton would subsequently direct WALL-E in 2008, Finding Dory in 2016, and various other major…
2010sFinding Dory (2016) Review
Finding Dory is one of the more substantive Pixar sequels and one of the more thoughtful contemporary animated productions about cognitive disability. The substantial gap between productions reflected Pixar's broader sequel discipline during the period.
1970sThe Aristocats (1970) Review
The Aristocats is one of the substantial Disney animated productions of the post-Walt era and the studio's most successful cat-focused feature. The Aristocats was the last animated feature Walt Disney approved and the first produced after his death.
1960s101 Dalmatians (1961) Review
One Hundred and One Dalmatians is one of the great Disney animated productions and the studio's most successful early 1960s feature. Sleeping Beauty had been the most expensive animated production Disney had attempted and had generated substantially disappointing initial commercial…
1990sA Bug’s Life (1998) Review
The 1998 production represented his second feature directorial work and the broader Pixar studio's continued development as substantial animated production company. Flik is an ant inventor whose inventions consistently fail and damage the broader colony operations.