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The Tale of Despereaux
Small Mouse. Big Dreams
Small Mouse. Big Dreams
Adventure, Animation, Family - 2008
6.1
57%
53
Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.

Details

Rated:
G
Runtime:
93 min
Release date:
18 Dec 2008
Country:
GB, US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$60,000,000
Revenue:
$86,947,965
Awards:
1 win & 8 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
The Tale of Despereaux may not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class.
– Peter Hartlaub,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Dec 2008
rotten:
[The directors] can't quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
19 Dec 2008
rotten:
. The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of.
– Linda Barnard,
Toronto Star,
19 Dec 2008
rotten:
It's like Ratatouille meets Upstairs Downstairs to go sort of cross-generational but it didn't work really on any level.
– Ben Mankiewicz,
At the Movies,
22 Dec 2008
rotten:
It just tries to take a little bit from some of the things we've seen over the past few years that have worked to make this work and it's just desperate and it doesn't work.
– Ben Lyons,
At the Movies,
22 Dec 2008
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