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| Character | Anton Ego???? | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Praising, Pondering/Pensive | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2007 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Fantasy, Family, Comedy, Animation | |
| Description | Anton Ego's review of Gusteau's cuisine | |
| Details | 1 hr 38 minutes into the film | |
Summary
Remy is a rat that lives in Paris and dreams of becoming a chef as his hero, chef Auguste Gusteau. When fate places him at Gusteau's restaurant, Remy teams up with Linguini, a young man who works as a garbage man in the kitchen. With the help of Remy, Linguini cooks a soup that is an instant success and attracts attention to the restaurant. Famous critic Anton Ego, who had given a bad review to Gusteau's restaurant years back, decides to visit again to review it. Remy helps Linguini prepare a "Ratatouille", a vegetable dish, which the critic ends up liking. He wants to meet the chef and eventually Linguini confesses the real cook is Remy, a rat.
Anton Ego ends up giving the restaurant a glowing review. This is the review...
Anton Ego ends up giving the restaurant a glowing review. This is the review...
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| ANTON EGO: "In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something, and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. Last night, I experienced something new, an extraordinary meal from a singularly unexpected source. To say that both the meal and its maker have challenged my preconceptions about fine cooking is a gross understatement. They have rocked me to my core. In the past, I have made no secret of my disdain for Chef Gusteau's famous motto: 'Anyone can cook.' But I realize, only now do I truly understand what he meant. Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. It is difficult to imagine more humble origins than those of the genius now cooking at Gusteau's, who is, in this critic's opinion, nothing less than the finest chef in France. I will be returning to Gusteau's soon, hungry for more." |
