My reasoning for why Flushed Away is an excellent movie, and better than Ratatouille.

• Flushed Away has a more relatable and compelling story (A wealthy person realising his loneliness and giving up everything for companionship and a family)

• Flushed Away has better comedic aspects (The ‘Keep your legs straight!’ bit, almost all of Whitey’s lines, ‘I laugh at everyone’s pain except my own - I’m French!’ and other bits from Le Frog, the entire movie setting up England’s win only for them to lose on penalties, etc)

• Flushed Away has one of the best jukebox-style soundtracks of any animated film I’ve seen, both with how certain songs mesh with the storyline (‘Dancing With Myself’) and the beauty that is the Jammy Dodger Chase Scene (possibly the best chase scenes in animated movie history, fight me) that put ‘Bohemian Like You’ into thousands of Millenial / Gen Z playlists

• Excellent voice cast (Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Andy Serkis, Bill Nighy, Ian McKellan)

• Roddy St James played a big role in shaping my taste in men (not a furry thing, i just like guys in creased white shirts sue me)

• ⁠Despite not being able to be stop-motion animated like other Aardman films, it captures the soul of the style while still having excellent CGI visuals

• Insanely rewatchable (so many jokes and sight gags that took me upwards of 3 watches to get all of them, and even then I’ve likely missed some)

The only thing Ratatouille has better in my eyes is in its emotional moments. While some may say that Ratatouille is a better film, the combination of all these aspects, especially the rewatchability, make Flushed Away a far more enjoyable movie in my eyes.