Ratatouille (film) young garbage boy who befriends Remy; Ian Holm as Skinner, the head chef of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant; Janeane Garofalo as Colette, a rôtisseur at Gusteau's restaurant; Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a restaurant critic; Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's father and leader of his clan; Peter Sohn as Emile, Remy's older brother; and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, a recently deceased chef. The plot follows a rat named Remy, who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy. Development of "Ratatouille" began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote
Ratatouille (film) up Skinner and a health inspector to prevent them revealing that rats are cooking, and when Ego requests to see the chef, Linguini and Colette make him wait until the other diners have left before introducing Remy. Ego is stunned and writes a positive review for the newspaper, stating that Gusteau's chef is "nothing less than the finest chef in France." Upon the release of the health inspector Gusteau's is forced to close due to the presence of rats violating health regulations and Ego loses his job as a critic. He then funds and frequents the popular new bistro, La