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
The Tale of Despereaux
Small Mouse. Big Dreams
2008 · 1h 33m · G
Adventure, Animation, Family
Directed by
Robert Stevenhagen
,
Gary Ross
,
Sam Fell
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Stevenhagen Director
- Gary Ross Director
- Sam Fell Director
- Emma Watson as Princess Pea
- Matthew Broderick as Despereaux (voice)
- Dustin Hoffman as Roscuro (voice)
- Sigourney Weaver as The Narrator
- Tracey Ullman as Miggery Sow (voice)
- Kevin Kline as Chef Andre (voice)
- William H. Macy Cast
- Stanley Tucci Cast
- Ciarán Hinds Cast
- Robbie Coltrane Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
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
Rotten
. The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of.
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star
Rotten
[The directors] can't quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
The Tale of Despereaux may not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class.
Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle
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