Kirpianuscus the atmosphere . that is its basic virtue. and the root of return in the memories of simple fairy tales about ordinary people who becomes heroes. the slices from Don Quijote is another good point who does The Tale of Despereaux an inspired choice for entire family. the different characters, the courage and romanticism, the fight for noble ideal, the drops from Nutcracker, the flavor of adapted book and a rare form of elegance of image. maybe not remarkable. but beautiful and useful for a story about small virtues who transforms the life. and that does it special and one of animations who impress for its modest rediscover of old fashion stories about knights and princess and different child.

davecruse77 Daughter read the book 2x's. We read together. It appears the book is very dramatic and does not come across with the film. It appears a hard one to get it right with the movie because lots of details with the book. It's an ultimate, I can do it no matter what, book with love at it's theme. May take a few attempts with movie but I can see this really being a movie, smash hit, someday. the book really centers on being a Queen and focusing on her and the penalties of not being in line with the kings commandments. No soup/utinceles for the country due to reaction of rat falling in the soup. It contains so many moral decisions and hard to focus on one for movie. it really made our daughter think and the underlieing theme is being kind and romantic. It appears to be a romance book of fighting for love for the queen and those less fortunate. However, lots of other, many, moral tones in the book. Lots to think about.

Armand nice, charming, sweet. a fairy - tale from old and precise recipes. a delight. and seed of special joy. because the princess, the sad kingdom, the silky moral lesson are at perfect place. but, more important, the hero is magnificent. and very special. a family film. or just a form of magic in the era of blockbusters. a beautiful work in which each detail is important. because it is a story about old fashion virtues - courage, truth, honor, honesty. and respect for duty. and a new mouse in middle of action is not bad thing. maybe for be conscience for a sad rat. and Charming Prince for a young girl. and model for public. because message is simple - the identity is more important than voice of majority. always.

Hatokirei I truly enjoyed this movie although I do have to agree with some posters and their question of ratings. Personally I didn't find anything terrible about it and would allow my 8 or 9 year old to watch, possibly 7 if I felt they where able to handle it. I grew up watching the visually amazing cinematic accomplishments like Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Watership Down (that one was horrible for a child), and The Secret of Nimh, while I never found those scary (except Watership) I can imagine some parents wouldn't want their young ones to watch them either.From a story stand point, The Tale of Despereaux is lovely; the animation is quite stunning with the colors running more towards the dark then the light (since the sun went away). It's a fairly classic tale, brave mouse gets ostracized for being brave (different) and banished to be eaten by the rats. One rat takes him in and they become friends. All through out there are different characters with their own personal stories emerging which all in all I found well done. The cast was amazing with some well known actors lending their voices, while personally I didn't like Matthew Brodericks voice as Despereaux, I still think he did a fine job of it. I think it's a movie worth watching for adults and older children, but I would think a PG rating would be better suited.