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Despite its striking visuals, The Tale of Despereaux as a story feels familiar and unimaginative.
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Scratch a CGI fairytale and you'll find an allegory about class, particularly if rodents are involved. January 9, 2009 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Scratch a CGI fairytale and you'll find an allegory about class, particularly if rodents are involved.
Jake Wilson
It just tries to take a little bit from some of the things we've seen over the past few years that have worked to make this work and it's just desperate and it doesn't work. December 22, 2008 | Full Review…
It just tries to take a little bit from some of the things we've seen over the past few years that have worked to make this work and it's just desperate and it doesn't work.
Ben Lyons
It's like Ratatouille meets Upstairs Downstairs to go sort of cross-generational but it didn't work really on any level. December 22, 2008
It's like Ratatouille meets Upstairs Downstairs to go sort of cross-generational but it didn't work really on any level.
Ben Mankiewicz
. The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of. December 19, 2008 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
. The plot is too convoluted and there are too many characters to keep track of.
Linda Barnard
[The directors] can't quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole. December 19, 2008 | Rating: 2/4
[The directors] can't quite locate a core of buoyant energy in the film as a whole.
Tom Keogh
The Tale of Despereaux may not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class. December 19, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The Tale of Despereaux may not be a classic, but it still has a lot of class.
Peter Hartlaub
With its quaint fairy tale look and multilayered storytelling style, The Tale of Despereaux offers a refreshing change of pace from the usual computer-animated movies. August 9, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
With its quaint fairy tale look and multilayered storytelling style, The Tale of Despereaux offers a refreshing change of pace from the usual computer-animated movies.
Brandy McDonnell
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Nell Minow
Certainly bears a superficial resemblance to Ratatouille, but it's a better film in several ways. August 16, 2011 | Full Review…
Certainly bears a superficial resemblance to Ratatouille, but it's a better film in several ways.
Kelly Vance
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Dave White
It amounts to less than the sum of its artfully conceived parts but remains a nice and visually interesting film. April 8, 2009 | Rating: 73/100
It amounts to less than the sum of its artfully conceived parts but remains a nice and visually interesting film.
Brian Webster
To gegonos oti sto eikosalepto mporei na se riksei se bathy ypno, mporei na einai kai to kalytero kamoyflarisma aytoy toy anapanteha anepeisodiakoy ki anyperblita baretoy kinoymenoy ap' ta shediastika grafeia tis Universal Animation, poy den ehei kan to t March 22, 2009 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
To gegonos oti sto eikosalepto mporei na se riksei se bathy ypno, mporei na einai kai to kalytero kamoyflarisma aytoy toy anapanteha anepeisodiakoy ki anyperblita baretoy kinoymenoy ap' ta shediastika grafeia tis Universal Animation, poy den ehei kan to t
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