This raises an interesting question: should this qualify as a casualty loss? You can usually take a “casualty loss” on your tax return if there is the destruction of, or damage to your property from “any sudden, unexpected, and unusual event.” This is clearly unexpected and unusual, but probably not considered sudden. The human destroys her house in the process. In the middle of one of their food runs, the human in the house wakes up, discovers the rats, and in a particularly violent scene (my children were scared) tries to kill them. They begin taking food while Remy experiments with different combinations of foods and herbs. In an effort to show Emile how good food is different from garbage, Remy shows Emile the kitchen. Unfortunately, Emile’s standards aren’t quite the same. Remy first wants to share this love of good food with his brother. Gusteau constantly preaches his belief that “anyone can cook” – which is also the name of his cookbook. The human in the house sleeps while a cooking show hosted by Parisian chef Auguste Gusteau (voice of Brad Garrett) blares from the TV. In his spare time, Remy sneaks into the kitchen at the human’s home where he stays and watches TV. This quickly makes him the official “poison sniffer” at home, a job that leaves him unfulfilled. He was blessed with an extraordinary sense of smell. Remy (voice of Patton Oswald) is a rat who lives in the French countryside with his brother, Emile (voice of Peter Sohn), and his father Django (voice of Brian Dennehy). So, to kick off my Taxgirl Goes to the Movies series, I’m reviewing the hottest movie of the summer (so far): Ratatouille. This movie (tops at the box office right now) is so hot that a 10 am show on a mid-week holiday was packed. We figured that the early morning show would be empty – we were wrong. We braved the holiday crowds to see a movie. On July 4th, my husband and I did what hardly any parents I know do anymore: we went to the movies.