MOVIE SYNOPSIS
The Tale of Despereaux
"The Tale of Despereaux" tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father's grief; and Mig, a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer. Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books--reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to hear the tales. But when the Princess dismisses Roscuro's friendship, he becomes the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig. After Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can rescue her--and that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a knight in shining armor. In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption, one small creature will teach a kingdom that it takes only a little light to show the truth: what you look like doesn't equal what you are.
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There's no arguing that little Despereaux Tilling, with his big ears, twitchy, whiskery nose, and dashing red hat, is a mouse to be adored. In The Tale of Despereaux - the elaborate, computer-animated adaptation of Kate DiCamillo's Newbury Medal-winning children's novel - the tiny, intrepid rodent is so cute it's impossible not to ooh and aww, just looking at him.
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MPAA rating:
G
Cast:
Matthew Broderick; Frank Langella; Frances Conroy; Christopher Lloyd; Dustin Hoffman; Tony Hale; Kevin Kline; Richard Jenkins; Robbie Coltrane; Ciaran Hinds
Directed by:
Rob Stevenhagen; Sam Fell
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Genre:
Action, Adventure; Animation; Comedy Running time:
01:27
Release date:
2008
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