"Because of his passion for cooking, Rémy the rat accidentally uproots his family from the French countryside to the sewers of Paris, and finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. When Rémy helps to create a soup that wins rave reviews from the world's most powerful food critic, he sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that wreaks havoc on the entire city, allowing him to achieve the impossible and pursue his true gift." -- from the Disney press release