My wife watches RATATOUILLE for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction

I'm showing my wife the Pixar film Ratatouille for the first time!
Remy dreams of becoming a great chef, despite being a rat in a definitely rodent-phobic profession. He moves to Paris to follow his dream, and with the help of hapless garbage boy Linguini he puts his culinary skills to the test in the kitchen but he has to stay in hiding at the same time, with hilarious consequences. Remy eventually gets the chance to prove his culinary abilities to a great food critic but is the food good?
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Comment of the day
1:27 - Ratatouille
24:33 - Reviews
24:45 - Jen’s Review
25:33 - Holden’s Review
26:34 - Closing Remarks
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[@HoldenHardman]

The holiday season, while being a time of joy, can also be draining for many people. So thank you guys for taking a break from your lives to recharge and watch a movie about a rat chef along with us. We hope you all had a Merry Christmas and happy holidays and looking forward to what the New Year has in store!

[@JohnnyRychous]

Holden, my guy thank you so much for all the content and all the jokes. Happy holidays to you, Jen and your family! 👊😎

[@AaronSampson-n9l]

Did you guys realise Doug from Up as the Remy was going though the houses 👀 also said hi there in his voice

[@mramirez2667]

Can anyone tell me the name of the accordion intro track lol?

[@HeavyRescue1267]

Holden, would you and your wife react to the cars franchise?

[@jamelturney1446]

Finding Nemo has to be next

[@MichaelPallada]

The "Holden Thomas Harman's" troughout had me cracking up 🤣

[@wickedshadesproductions5254]

Where? I didn’t see any.

[@brianalambert1192]

The critic's monologue at the end has to be one of the finest moments in Pixar history. It's amazing to see him truly ponder what he has to say about this and actually puts his reputation on the line to stand by this experiment and what he says is so poignant and deep to anyone looking to judge something

[@omarihicks6757]

Can I just say that the fake death edits are hilarious and appreciated. lol

[@TimothyMills77]

Ratatouille is one of my favorite childhood movies. This movie shows friendship can come in all shapes and sizes. It shows that you never know who you'll fall in love with, and most of all it shows you to follow your dreams and find inspiration despite what everyone (mostly your family) says to you.

[@Marnie_C]

I've made ratatouille many times, both the traditional version and the one shown in the movie. Normal ratatouille is just a vegetable stew, its just chopped up veggies simmered in a vegetable broth (I normally use a bell pepper puree). The one shown in the movie is a special type called Confit byaldi, instead of the veggies simmered in broth, they're shingled in a patterned and then steam/simmered in the oven covered. The sauce I normally use is a bell pepper sauce and the veggies I use are eggplant, tomato, yellow squash, and zucchini

[@kastolp]

I grew up eating some (americanized) french food because my mom lived in France for about 10 years. Ratatouille was one of my favorites. She adds parmesan cheese; really kicks it up a notch. I also loved jambon berre (ham and butter sandwich on baguette bread) and aligot (cheesy mashed potatoes).

[@frances3064]

I’ll have to try the pepper sauce my French Canadian mother recipe used a stewed tomato sauce

[@josebeteta8283]

As an amateur household cook, I admit that I had to reread your comment a few times to understand what was the similarity between the two types of Ratatouille you described. From what I gather, they are both vegetable stews; however, the traditional is simmered in a broth whereas the other one is steamed-simmered while covered inside the oven

[@Marnie_C]

@@josebeteta8283 sort of, the former is like a traditional stew while the later is more like a casserole where you use thinly sliced vegetables and layer them

[@PeterFilmAUS]

I dunno if it's you or a new lad but the editing in this one really stood out in a good way to me Holden. Great work.

[@nathancandage824]

I agree very well done. Love the part with the granny. “My life be like”

[@MrGrimlocke]

I thought it went a little overboard

[@XiaoyuuuYT]

I thought it was a little too quick 😅

[@taylorgang2237]

@@MrGrimlockeI agree. It wasn’t bad but it was too frequent. Became a bit too much

[@BobRoss-mh7ux]

I agree, but tooooo many fake zooms and artificial camera movement. Feels like a tik tok edit.

[@tyreitix]

Most people don’t notice the little details in this movie, the dog at 4:09 is Doug from Up and if you look closely at the house from the flashback at 22:50, it’s the grandmother’s house from the beginning of the movie

[@Tynovalik]

As one of your French regular watcher, I'm really glad you watched this movie. It is a great representation of the importance of cuisine in our country. The dish "Ratatouille" is a combinaison of fresh vegetable cut and roasted or boiled, with courgettes (zucchini), aubergines (eggplant), tomatoes, garlic, onions and peppers. It comes from the South of France and is very healthy and light, but still filling. The reason Colette is so surprised by Rémy's choice to make a ratatouille is that it is a very traditional dish rarely seen in Grand Restaurants, but more often in homes made by parents or grand-parents for family meals.

[@thunderstruck5484]

This and Wall-E are my favorites, and Le Festin sung by Camille is my favorite song from any of these movies, thanks y’all!

[@dcworld4349]

Really hoping they do Wall-E, before I ended up becoming this broken mess of a person. It's hard to explain why I just really felt really seen by the first half.

[@inigorodriguez8299]

This new editing is NEXT LEVEL, man I was cracking up the whole time 😂

[@ristdownau6627]

If Jenn has an obsession with animated food, y’all should watch some studio Ghibli films bc they make it look amazing

[@shawnellesmith]

They should definitely start watching anime.

[@ronweber1402]

Unfortunately Studio Ghibli is notorious for shutting channels down. They will let a channel post a bunch of reviews then hit them with a bunch of copyright strikes all at once getting them shut down. No one will touch them

[@ger.baltav]

@@shawnellesmith One day guys one day

[@zhorenlogg]

Uff she's going dissolve into the eater

[@mflilbro]

@@shawnellesmithI’m praying they do one day

[@idoltina]

This is honestly in my top five favorite films of all time. It's a comfort film for me. Whenever I'm in a negative mood/headspace, I put this on, and I can't be unhappy by the end of it. There's so much *heart* in it, and it's got some banger lines. "Change *is* nature, and it starts when we decide" is probably one of my favorite lines of the whole film, but I actually have "your only limit is your soul" as part of a larger tattoo piece on my back. Like that's how much of an impression this film has made on me over the years. I'm so, so glad you both love it as much as you do. Thank you for this one.

[@ghostphoenix666]

Lmfao the cuts to the credits with Jen saying Holdens full name is gold😂😂😂

[@Afullerton95]

The editing in this was perfect 😂😂

[@907CarterE]

The first 3 minutes have me crying 😂

[@brycebrucymink1054]

The editing in this was really good. It was always good but whoever did this knocked it out of the park

[@kissofdeath580]

bro i kept dying everytime the rolling credits kept popping up 🤣🤣

[@BixhoxD]

I could see that Jen really liked this movie, she was smiling most of the time and was really into it. I am not telling you that she wasn't into other movies, but it was like magic to her. Great video, greetings from Chile

[@willbeonekenobi]

@05:45 That soup was so bad that it broke the laws of nature as rats cannot vomit.

[@mateuszmalag878]

The way Boston looks at the camera 😆 "Dont look at me like that"

[@animatorFan74]

Oh wow, didn't realize they put a cameo from the movie UP in here. At 4:07 there's a shadow of Doug from UP. His collar even speaks. :)

[@E.Hall147]

The editing on this video is hilarious 😂

[@WhoooshyYT]

This movie is a classic one and is always played at my school in my art class because of how good it is. This was my first Pixar film so it will always hold a special place in my heart. ❤

[@happyjohn354]

Ratatouille is a type of vegetable stew but in the movie they basically made a fancy version of it. Pixar had an actual chef come of with a variant for the dish and it is known as Ratatouille a la Remi

[@fluffytoaster427]

“If I don’t love it, I *don’t swallow* “ Holden that one was served on a silver platter man cmon😂

[@qq1933]

That 'Fin" in the end really got me laughing uncontrollably for some reason

[@hkaayaakuu]

The love interest in this is so pretty omg. The only part i remember from it as a kid

[@magnumsteel9770]

I'm very excited for you both to watch Coco. It's amazingly beautiful, colourful, and an amazing way to bring Mexican culture out to those who don't know much of it, especially Dia de los Muerta. It really ignited a spark of interest and respect in the culture that was more a passing acknowledgement for it before. I think Jen would Love that film. The music is so beautiful too and always brings a tear to my eyes in the end.

[@themisteroctopus1033]

Holy shit the editing in this is so good, I was dying laughing the whole time XD

[@amzngspdr62]

Time for a trip to EPCOT for the Ratatouille ride. Something to look for during a rewatch, Ego's face becomes fuller in the final scene. As he even says, "If I don't love it, I don't swallow."

[@mevb]

Well, Remy might have been in the sewers but he also fell into dish water which cleaned his fur. That's what director Brad Bird points out in the audio commentary, so it didn't just saved Remy from the fall.

[@RyneMurray23]

I get chills every time I watch the scene where Anton Ego gets sent back to his childhood by the food👍🏼

[@TimGraham2001]

I literally spit my lunch out everywhere when the Subscribe icon came out of the shotgun when it jammed. My God that was the funniest damn thing I’ve seen all week. Love y’all’s reactions!

[@corralescoyote]

I think the old lady at the start is a veteran of the French Resistance in WWII.. that’s where she got her ammunition/gas mask… ❤

[@sumannaskar4756]

How have these people not seen so many movies, almost every video is a first time reaction 😂 But I still like them.

[@theohowe3106]

This is a staple of my life being a 2000’s kid

[@operative2136]

Pretty much my favorite Pixar movie. I still love the late Peter O'Toole's monologue at the end about the role of the critic, it resonates with me still unto this day.

[@lou7139]

I was a little scared that Jen wouldn't like it because she didn't seem as amused or thrilled as in other movie reactions but so happy she gave it a 9! My favorite part is the pen drop. It makes me emotional to see a master so great at their craft as to gain the appreciation of even the harshest critic. I can only dream that I can master a craft as well as Remy mastered cooking.

[@IsraelM1008]

Love the editing on this video 😂 but idk if this is me but audio sounds funny

[@h.brennen1854]

I speak for everyone when I say that this movie is our childhood. I am glad you introduced Jen to this movie! There are many more Disney movies to react to, like Coco! 🙌🏽

[@abelmulato8991]

I think this movie is actually very sweet and surprisingly has so many themes for a kids movie, I love Egos’ speech at the end when he realizes he finally met someone he considers an “equal” who loves food as much as he does❤

[@keilduxbury9353]

The editor was feeling himself today

[@xzeke666x]

you know that the old lady in the beginning of the movie is anton ego´s mother? if you compare how his mothers house looks when she is young and the old ladys house, you will see that it is the same house with the same furniture and ratatouille is basiclly said a vegetable stew

[@GenerationWest]

I think the best thing about this movie, it ALWAYS makes me hungry, and actually want to make the meals in the movie, the Ratatouille is probably the easiest to make in the movie because it's one of the few names dishes you can follow a recipe for (Also, it's not bad of a dish).

[@wolfkniteX]

Here's an interesting fact, at 5:45 Remy smells Linguine's soup and he physically gags because it's that gross. In real life rats have no gag reflex, otherwise they'd probably stay away from garbage. Linguine's cooking was so bad that it broke the laws of nature.

[@mauriceedwards9588]

When ever I watch this film it makes me hungry and of course the amazing voice of Peter OToole as Anton Ego he had a amazing voice.

[@the_competent_gamer9454]

Jen's "hon hon hon" killed me! I love seeing her reactions to these classics

[@nintenmetro]

This is the film that made me appreciate what I taste. Thanks to Remy, I like to combine flavors for a tasty rhythm. Two things that were important to me growing up were my mom’s home-cooked meals and Pixar. I would eat whatever my mom would make for us. I always appreciated whatever she cooked, but seeing Anton flash back to his youth gave me an even greater appreciation for her cooking.

[@mevb]

Notice that when Linguini thinks of hiding Remy in his underwear, you can see the underwear he have The Incredibles pattern on it.

[@aidintraver6301]

Yes yes yes! I have been waiting for this! My favorite childhood movie, used to watch it on repeat! You guys do an excellent job!

[@JanelleDuPont]

I'M French and so happy you guys watched this movie 🇫🇷

[@vineetasware4649]

Jen being a foodie would love cloudy with a chance of a meatballs

[@JRTJunk]

Editing was a bit too... kinetic?... for me. Like at 5:45 there were five chair- view cuts in 2 seconds. The constant switching from the two-shot to the offset / split one shots didn't add anything and was just distracting. I liked the meme cuts and the fakeout death credit cuts though. The constant face switching wasnt great though.

[@ccjtv809]

The editing was hilarious this reaction

[@JohnnyRychous]

The credit edits oh my god 😂🤣

[@TheRManProds]

NEXT TIME THEY GO TO DISNEY, THEY SHOULD GO TO EPCOT AND RIDE THE RATATOUILLE RIDE!

[@serknet3042]

2:53 OMG I loved that editing 😆😆😆

[@TheDaringPastry1313]

I love love love the way this movie looks and the entire atmosphere is my fav. The subject matter and the music just set it apart for me. This and Wall-E are my favs for sure.

[@StarQueenEstrella]

22:40 it’s a French stewed vegetable dish. But the version of ratatouille shown in the movie is the confit byaldi variation.

[@FatLittleButterfly]

the credit roll edit is great xD

[@charleslee8313]

My favorite Pixar film. 5:45 -- science fact: rats do not have a gag reflex. This means that Linguini's creation was SO bad, it created a scientific anomaly.

[@AdrianChazz]

Petition for Jen to watch the Zorro sequel so Holden will dawn the mask and cape again. Also, editing for this one was TIGHT.

[@DeLion_1612]

This is in my top 5 favourite childhood movies! I loved this one so much that ratatouille is the first dish I’ve ever made

[@coltonashcroft626]

2 fun facts about this movie: first rats don’t have a gag reflex so when Remy runs by the soup and almost vomits the soup was so bad that it broke the laws of nature. Second when Linguini and Remy and trying to figure out how to get Linguini to cook and he bits him multiple times, when they get caught in the walk in refrigerator and Linguini turns the lights out, if you turn the brightness up all the way you can see Linguini grab Remi and put him in the chefs hat on his head. Love this movie!

[@Divionist]

18:02 rare moment Holden holds himself back 🌚

[@Mrdarkknightflims]

Anyone else think the dogs shadow looked like the shape of Doug from "UP"

[@WeAreTheLockwoods]

Fun fact, that is Doug from UP :). Good eye. UP was the next release after Ratatouille, Pixar being Pixar added him to this film as a teaser.

[@LaDainian_1000]

Great video, growing up I forever watched ratatouille a lot and this has to be in my top 5 Pixar’s movies. Also when will you and Jen react to what if? Season 2 this season is looking better than the first season.

[@victoranciola4047]

Anyone can cook I still remember after watching this movie I started making my own omelets. Chopping up the tomatoes, onions and cilantro. I felt like a legit chef at the time lol

[@Flipcrash]

Now i know why Holden made his Christmas diner for Jen. I bet he had a rat in his head making it. Also Holden your salad description was funny

[@josebeteta8283]

4:09 In here, we have a classic PIXAR Easter Egg where we can see Dug’s (the dog from Up, the next chronologically released PIXAR) shadow in the wall as Remy is passing by. You can also hear Dug’s voice in the background saying “hi there!” and barking

[@zbennalley]

"Too many cooks will spoil the broth." The editor did a great job, by the way.

[@livingandthriving]

This movie always makes me hungry. Also, having worked in foodservice (though not quite as upscale as Gusteau's), I can tell they did their homework on this one.

[@captironsight]

You guy should watch the movie "Chef". Jen will like it for the food, and Holden will like it for the film-making symbolism.

[@mrwatermelo50]

What a good PS2 Game me as kid watching this a dozen times did not notice him saying "not much" to an Apartment like this, a flat with few of la tour eiffel ?? We had all the hints that he was his kid the French granny fought my people back in the day 💀

[@STE9LTH]

Jen always says im gonna cry. IF you get to Inside Out, she will live up to that statement with Bing Bong

[@tejanomank8]

nice haircut holden and keep up with the great content if you can! love you guys!

[@frances3064]

Ratatouille is a vegitible stew with eggplant zucchini tomatoes carrots in a stewed tomato sauce it’s good but it’s not usually fancy like the movie it’s more a poor food in France which is why college called it peasant food

[@loz1345]

The shadow of the dog before you do the second ending cutscene, is dug from up.

[@kennethcook9406]

Ratatouille is a thick stew usually made with onions, tomatoes, eggplant, and some variety of sausage..

[@Cyeskis]

Ratatouille is definitely one of the best Pixar films & such an easy dish to make! It’s just Zucchini, Yellow Squash, Tomato & Eggplant with a Tomato Sauce. I would say it’s my signature dish. Glad to see you both really like this film! I would say y’all should watch Inside Out next!

[@charityehlers]

I need to see y'all react to cars next if you're on a Pixar binge. That was my childhood!!

[@ryanratchford2530]

The editing was really funny!

[@Rorujin]

If Jen loves animated food, she would go bananas (heh) with Ghibli movie food. Best animated food hands down.

[@TheRManProds]

LOL THE EDITING IN THE VIDEO!

[@A2Blizzard]

There's a theory that The grandma in the Beginning is actually Egos mother as when he's flashbacking its the same house

[@hgman3920]

The rat-catching store which remy's dad shows him is based on a real store which is (or was) in Paris. I saw it with my own eyes when I was there in 1990

[@LandoBacon]

Really loved the editing in this

[@thaopiedi]

holden there is a theory that ego's mother is the old lady from the start of the movie since, in the flashback after ego's first bite of ratatouille , ego's house is very similar to hers

[@craigjeffery2661]

Ego: ‘if I don’t like it, I don’t swallow’ . . . that didn’t get a, ‘Holden Thomas Hardman’ ? 😂

[@alejandroc.a.5960]

There's theory which says that, like father like son, Gusteau was terrible at cooking, and like father like son, he also could be "controlled" by his own little chef. This would explain why the only dish that Gusteau named after him was so horrible.

[@aarons.2323]

I think this might be my favorite Pixar movie because it's narratively so different for Pixar movies, especially when it was released. It's kind of lower stakes in a way, and I love it for that. Interestingly, i just read Brad Bird is now making an animated movie with Skydance, not Disney. It seems several Disney people moved to Skydance (John Lasseter, Alan Menken, the guy who directed Zootopia whose name I don't know). It should be interesting to see what comes out of that studio in the coming years.

[@TheRManProds]

LOL AT 7:20! HOLDEN THOMAS HARDMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@1100MC]

A Ratatouille is a vegetable stew, and you can actually see it as a stew form in Ego's flashback, the one that Remy cooks is a different dish but essentially are still the same ingredients.

[@cronajj]

Jen talking about animated food made me instantly think of Studio Ghibli movies. The food in those movies is BEAUTIFUL. If you all haven't already, please watch some Ghibli movies. I recommend Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, or Howl's Moving Castle, (but pretty much all Ghibli movies are worth a watch.)

[@JaredGillenwater]

"Paris is such an old city though... I'm just saying like, opposed to like, Oklahoma." "What's wrong with Oklahoma?" Born and bred Okie here. To answer that question... A lot of things. (My sister moved to your town by the way.) But I think Jen is just referring to the fact that Oklahoma wasn't founded until 1907... It hasn't been around long.

[@ImaginaryPrime]

Ain’t no way Holden edit this💀

[@DontTakeThisSeriously616]

he didnt. pretty sure he rarely edits the videos nowadays so as to maintain a consistent schedule with YT and Patreon

[@totezmcgotez44]

7:20 It’s funny how many people don’t know what sentient means. Many people conflate it with sapient but they’re really not the same thing at all. Sentience is just the quality of being subjectively aware, the ability to perceive & have affected states. All rats are sentient. Sapience is intelligence, i.e. a rat who can communicate in English & make a tomato bisque soup.

[@HiddenValar]

Jen: “…like Oklahoma.” Me and Holden simultaneously: “what’s wrong with Oklahoma?!”

[@xenocore01]

That final review makes me tear up every time!

[@endless4356]

After watching this you can now see the reference in Everything Everywhere All At Once with with the Raccoon.