'Ratatouille' May Have Been Squeezed Out Of Best Pic Because It's Animated

This is a provocative article speculating on why Ratatouille did not become one of the nominated movie for Best Picture Oscar. One possible reason is the existence of the Best Animated Feature category that the Academy established in 2002, something that did not exist when "Beauty and the Best" became the only animated feature nominated for Best Picture. So the fact that this new category exists now allowed the academy members to reward animated movies separately from giving them nominations for Best Pictures.

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