Your Friend the Rat (2007)

Your Friend the Rat poster

Your Friend the Rat (2007)


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
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Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate

Viewer Rating
6.9

Overview

Let's face it, rats are not the most beloved creatures on earth. However, maybe this little tale about the history of human and rat interaction will change the world's tune. At least that is the hope of Remy, the star of Ratatouille, and his reluctant brother Emile as they guide us through world history from a rat's perspective. Why can't we all just get along?


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Detailed Bias Analysis

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Leans Progressive

Primary

The film's dominant themes align with progressive values by advocating for empathy, challenging human prejudice against rats, and promoting interspecies co-existence through education and understanding.

This animated short film, an educational piece about the history of rats and humans, features a range of cartoonish human characters across historical periods. The film does not engage in explicit race or gender swaps of traditionally white roles, nor does its narrative critique traditional identities or center on explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

This animated short film, a bonus feature from Pixar, does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative is centered on an educational and comedic exploration of rats, their history, and their relationship with humans.

Your Friend the Rat is an animated short film that explores the history and nature of rats. The narrative does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, focusing instead on factual and humorous information about rodents.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

This animated short film introduces new characters and features existing ones (Remy, Emile) who retain their original gender from "Ratatouille." There are no instances of characters previously established as one gender being portrayed as another.

The film primarily features animated rats and generic human figures created for the short. No established human characters from prior canon or history are depicted with a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

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7.0
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6.8

Critic Ratings

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