Rat Flick Tops Critic List

Ratatouille and Once have taken top honours in the ninth annual Golden Tomato Awards.

The Golden Tomato Awards pay tribute to the best-reviewed films of the previous year as determined by the Web site RottenTomatoes.com, which compiles reviews from print, online and broadcast film critics to measure the percentage of favourable critiques.

Ratatouille, the animated gem about a rat with unexpected culinary skills, earned a 96 percent ranking on the site's Tomatometer.

The Irish romance Once, which won for best limited release film and best musical, scored 98 percent.

Atonement scored the Golden Tomato for romance.

The Bourne Ultimatum won in the action/adventure category, Juno was the best comedy and No Country for Old Men the best thriller.

The Moldy Tomato - awarded to the worst-reviewed film of the year - was thrown at Because I Said So.