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      The Tale of Despereaux

      2008, Kids & family/Adventure, 1h 34m

      111 Reviews 100,000+ Ratings

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      Despite its striking visuals, The Tale of Despereaux as a story feels familiar and unimaginative. Read critic reviews

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      Once a thriving place of sunshine and delicious soup, the faraway kingdom of Dor has fallen into sadness. An accident leaves the king brokenhearted; the sunshine fades, and the soup disappears Into this world is born Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a book-loving mouse and friend to Princess Pea (Emma Watson). When Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux must find a knight's brave heart within his tiny body and rescue his friend.

      Cast & Crew

      Matthew Broderick
      Dustin Hoffman
      Kevin Kline
      William H. Macy
      Stanley Tucci
      Ciarán Hinds
      Robbie Coltrane
      Frances Conroy
      Tony Hale
      Richard Jenkins
      Sam Fell
      Gary Ross
      Will McRobb
      Chris Viscardi
      Gary Ross
      William Sargent
      Ryan Kavanaugh
      David Lipman
      Robin Bissell
      William Ross
      Evgeni Tomov
      Mark Solomon

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      • Dec 02, 2011

        Good animation, but a boring and unintellegent story. Really not very good, a better tale for a straight to DVD movie.

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      • Jun 13, 2011

        This is a very sweet and beautifully animated movie. I thought all the characters were memorable, and the story was very good and charming. I've read some reviews where people say that this movie is too dark and boring, but this is not true in my opinion. Animated movies don't need to be all pink and happy in order to be good, sadly it has become a common standard for people to expect this. I really liked this movie.

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      • May 12, 2011

        a visually wonderful film for familys and kids. full of wonderful charecters here and there and the animatin is good looking. very imaginable and creative. B+

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      • Mar 03, 2011

        Good animation, but a boring and unintellegent story. Really not very good, a better tale for a straight to DVD movie.

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