The Tale of Despereaux

One of the most beautifully drawn animated films I've seen, rendered in enchanting detail and painterly colors (...) it is a joy to look at frame by frame, and it would be worth getting the Blu-ray to do that. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."

"A perfect fairytale, adhering to The Princess Bride's standards of fighting, fencing, torture, and true love, without the ham-fisted moral element of so many of its fairy-tale predecessors.

"A skillfully managed fairy tale about a mouse, a rat, and fairy tales in general."

"While it meanders on its way to the requisite happy ending, the lush, stylised animation and courtly flourishes would win over anyone."

"This graphically well-rendered kidpic is less crass and mouthy than many recent feature-length toons, but also more sluggish and ungainly as it tries to approximate DiCamillo's singularly delicate tone."