The Tale of Despereaux
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Based on an award-winning children's book about a heroic little mouse named Despereaux who sets off on an epic adventure to save his kingdom. After an accident involving soup, a rat, and the death by shock of the queen, the king banned both rats and soup from his Kingdom. His daughter the princess went into mourning. Meanwhile, a mouse with unusually large ears came into the world, and became fascinated with romantic history. After being banished down to join the rats, and being rescued from death-by-cat by a friendly rat, the two rodents set about righting the problems in the kingdom, and restoring the princess's good humour.
94 minutes, Parental Guidance
Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Kids.
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| Credits | |
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| Cast | Voices of Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William H.Macey, Stanley Tucci |
| Director | Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen |
| Screenplay | Gary Ross, Will McRobb, Chris Viscardi, based on the booky by Kate DiCamillo |
| Music | William Ross |
| Cinematography | Brad Blackbourn |
| Editing | Mark Solomon |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Not available |
| Made in | 2008 |
| Produced by | Framestore Feature Animation, Larger Than Life Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Animation Studios, Universal Pictures |
| SA Distributor | UIP |
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| Alcohol / Drugs | Smoking | Disrespectful / Bad Attitude | Imitative Behaviour | Frightening / Tense Scenes |
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| Jump Scenes | Tense Family Scenes | Music (Scary/Tense) | Music (Inappropriate) | Topics to talk about |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 | |
| South African Media | ||
| Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith | 15 | |
| Die BurgerMariana Malan | 5 | |
24.comIvan Sadler  | 1 | |
| International Media | ||
| Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert | 15 | |
| eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson | 5 | |
| ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs | 10 | |
| Metacritic.com24 critics | 11 | |
| RottenTomatoes.com93 critics | 11 | |
| RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer | 11 | |
| Internet (IMDB)824 Netizens | 12 | |
| Average .. 48% | 9 | |
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