The Tale of Despereaux (Blu-ray) G
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: G
- Run Time: 1 hours, 34 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: April 7, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Sam Fell & Rob Stevenhagen | |
Screenwriting by | Gary Ross, Will McRobb & Chris Viscardi | |
Composition by | William Ross | |
Produced by | Gary Ross & Allison Thomas | |
Voice: | Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, William H. Macy, James Nesbitt, Tracey Ullman, Sigourney Weaver, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciarán Hinds, Christopher Lloyd, Stanley Tucci & Emma Watson | |
Executive Production by | William Sargent, Ryan Kavanaugh, David Lipman & Robin Bissell |
Entertainment Reviews:
Certainly bears a superficial resemblance to Ratatouille, but it's a better film in several ways.
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East Bay Express
It begins as all fairy tales should, with a narrator recounting the story of the pastel-hued Kingdom of Dor....Pleasantly immersive, beautifully animated...
New York Times
Rating: 4.5/10 --
Bland, over-stuffed, chaotic and ultimately underwhelming for both kids and adults.
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NYC Movie Guru
Rating: 1/5 --
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
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Movies for the Masses
Rating: 2.5/4 --
. The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of.
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Toronto Star
3 stars out of 5 -- [B]eautifully drawn...rendered in enchanting detail and painterly colors....It is a joy to look at frame by frame...
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 2/4 --
[The directors] can't quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole.
Seattle Times
Product Description:
Universal Pictures crafts a whimsical tale of courage using some truly stunning CGI animation in THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX. Based on the award-winning book of the same name, the film features some all-star voice work from the likes of Sigourney Weaver, Dustin Hoffman, and Matthew Broderick. The story begins in the European city of Dor, a picturesque town know for its amazing soup. When the soup-obsessed rat Roscuro (Hoffman) accidentally brings about a tragedy in the royal kingdom, the Dor King falls into mourning, both soup and rats are banned, and the skies turn to gray. Roscuro soon finds himself living in the dank darkness of a place called Rat World. Nearby, in Mouse World, we finally meet our hero, Despereaux (Broderick). Despereaux is an unusually small mouse with some rather over-sized dreams. Despite his small stature, he longs to live a bold and exciting life, and he chafes at the dictums of Mouse World--where mice are taught to live quietly in fear. When Despereaux goes so far as to befriend the human Princess Pea (Emma Watson), he is booted from Mouse World down into the miseries of Rat World. There he meets Roscuro, and together the two decide to carry out their own individual quests and right what has been wronged. While Roscuro soon finds himself going astray, Despereaux sticks to his guns--or rather, his sewing-needle sword--and he fights to bring joy and freedom back to the city of Dor.
The film remains pretty faithful to the book, although it does trim down some of the quirkier aspects of the novel. Yet the story is still refreshingly dark in places, and is reminiscent of such classic tales as THE SECRET OF NIMH and WATERSHIP DOWN--smart cartoons that were always about much more than mere cuddly talking animals.
The film remains pretty faithful to the book, although it does trim down some of the quirkier aspects of the novel. Yet the story is still refreshingly dark in places, and is reminiscent of such classic tales as THE SECRET OF NIMH and WATERSHIP DOWN--smart cartoons that were always about much more than mere cuddly talking animals.
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- UPC: 025195053051
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