Ratatouille
A charming, beautifully animated story about a rat who dreams of becoming a chef in Paris, full of warmth, humor, and a genuinely inspiring message about following your passion. The biggest watch-outs for little ones are a chaotic shotgun-firing scene early on and a few tense chase moments, but the tone stays light and nothing is played for real fear for long.
Most comfortable from around age 5 or 6; sensitive children under 5 may find the opening peril and scary kitchen sequences a bit much.
If you’d rather skip
The film opens with Remy and his family being discovered by an elderly woman who chases them with a shotgun, firing repeatedly and destroying her home; loud gunshots, a collapsing ceiling, and a panicked rat stampede make this the most intense sequence in the film.
A shotgun is fired many times at rats; large holes are blown in walls and furniture, but no characters are harmed.
Repeated loud shotgun blasts and a suddenly collapsing ceiling may startle younger or noise-sensitive children.