Hooray!

Ratatouille opens today! The word is good: A.O. Scott of The New York Times writes a glowing review this morning, and the aggregate review sites Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic score it 93 and 94 out of 100, respectively.

I haven’t seen it yet, and I’m not going to waste your time summarizing the summaries I’ve read this summer. Just trust me, and go see it. Now. Before you learn too much about it and spoil the experience. I don’t think you can set your expectations too high, but maybe go in with a tiny bit of skepticism. “Will’s sending me to see a cartoon?”

Then when you’re done you can go back and Netflick Brad Bird’s other near-perfect movies, The Incredibles and The Iron Giant. Get excited!