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Dominican Rep. The Tale of Despereaux
2008 
2,118
Animation. Adventure. Comedy. Fantasy. Kids
The tale of three unlikely heroes - a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears - whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
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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)." | POS |
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TV Guide | "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. | POS |
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United States |
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"A skillfully managed fairy tale about a mouse, a rat, and fairy tales in general." | POS |
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"While the voice acting is fine and the story is nicely paced, the visuals are disappointing. (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" | NEU |
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"I admired the craft more than I loved the results. But 'The Tales of Despereaux' is still better-than-average animation." | POS |
United Kingdom |
Empire | "While it meanders on its way to the requisite happy ending, the lush, stylised animation and courtly flourishes would win over anyone." | POS |
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"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." | NEU |
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United States |
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"A rare creature, not only for the handmade look and subtlety of its computer-generated imagery but also for its irony-free embrace of once-upon-a-time storytelling." | POS |
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"May not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class." | POS |
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"The lesson learned from 'The Tale of Despereaux' is that an overabundance of vocal talent does not a good cartoon make." | NEG |
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"More like Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty,' somber, slow and elegant instead of frantic and dazzling." | POS |
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