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The Tale of Despereaux
The story of several unlikely heroes: a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears, whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
1 January 1938, Bayonne, New Jersey, USA
19 March 1973, Kranj, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
20 May 1959, New York City, New York, USA
9 February 1955, London, England, UK
24 October 1947, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
21 March 1962, New York City, New York, USA
9 February 1953, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
December 19, 2008
Despereaux is a little too desperate to be loved.
December 22, 2008
It's like Ratatouille meets Upstairs Downstairs to go sort of cross-generational but it didn't work really on any level.
February 11, 2009
The film looks great and the story is interesting enough for adults. It may be a little too complex and intense for young children.
December 19, 2008
[The directors] can't quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole.
January 31, 2009
Bland, over-stuffed, chaotic and ultimately underwhelming for both kids and adults.
April 08, 2009
It amounts to less than the sum of its artfully conceived parts but remains a nice and visually interesting film.
January 29, 2009
The cinematic equivalent of a cozy bedtime story, warmly told with loving care.
December 19, 2008
The Tale of Despereaux may not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class.
March 22, 2009
To gegonos oti sto eikosalepto mporei na se riksei se bathy ypno, mporei na einai kai to kalytero kamoyflarisma aytoy toy anapanteha anepeisodiakoy ki anyperblita baretoy kinoymenoy ap' ta shediastika grafeia tis Universal Animation, poy den ehei kan to t
December 19, 2008
. The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of.
