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The Tale of Despereaux   Movie Main Page Movie Overview   Movie Details   Showtimes & Tickets   DVD/Video Info   Trailers & Clips   Cast and Credits   Awards & Nominations Reviews and Previews   Critics Reviews User Reviews Photos   Premiere Photos   Movie Stills Community   Message Board Shopping   Buy the DVD/Video Other Resources   Web Sites   The Critics: B- 12 reviews Start Rating Movies Now! Sign In or sign up Yahoo! Users: B 2736 ratings  User Reviews (273 reviews) Write your own review Sort by:  Most HelpfulMost RecentHighest GradeLowest Grade Previous   |  1-10 of 273  |   Next   Overall Grade: D Story: D- Acting: C Direction: D- Visuals: B Ask my 3 and 5 year old by EdS (movies profile) (Dec 20, 2008) 54 of 71 people found this review helpful I'll share their reaction to the movie. The Queen drops dead in her soup and my three year old left with my wife. Screamed it was too scarey. My five year old left sh... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B+ Acting: A- Direction: B- Visuals: A+ The Mouse That Roared by Renato (movies profile) (Dec 19, 2008) 47 of 57 people found this review helpful I fear many movie-goers, especially young children, won't like "Despereaux". An outstanding adaptation of the book, it also has a meandering plot with scary... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B- Acting: B+ Direction: B- Visuals: A- Actually, it was quite enjoyable. by Eri (movies profile) (Dec 20, 2008) 13 of 14 people found this review helpful Although I was the only person in the theater who wasn't a mum or under the age of fourteen(I'm 18), I really liked Tale of Despereaux. Its a really enjoyable fa... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: N/A Acting: N/A Direction: N/A Visuals: N/A The Book is Always Better by Cheryl (movies profile) (Dec 20, 2008) 10 of 12 people found this review helpful In this case as usual the book is better than the movie. I have read it every year to my 2nd grade class since the book came out. It is one of the most remembered. In... Full Review Overall Grade: B+ Story: B- Acting: A- Direction: C+ Visuals: N/A It was an okay movie by Bookworm (movies profile) (Dec 21, 2008) 9 of 11 people found this review helpful Let me say this it is not that dark, I mean if your kid can watch Pirates of the Carribean or National Treasure then it will not be at all DARK!!!! I have never read the... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting: A- Direction: B Visuals: A My six and eight-year old liked it! by Izzy (movies profile) (Jan 4, 2009) 6 of 6 people found this review helpful My eight year old daughter, who read the book, found the film quite enjoyable. Her 6 year old brother did too. Depends on the kid, but mine showed no fear. I thought i... Full Review Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting: B Direction: B Visuals: A- Despereaux to the Rescue by Yahoo! Movies User (movies profile) (Jan 3, 2009) 6 of 6 people found this review helpful This movie is a great thriller for younger children. It proves to them that if you just try you can accomplish anything. The movie is about a very brave mouse who gets th... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: A Acting: A Direction: A Visuals: A Delightful! by Lisa (movies profile) (Dec 20, 2008) 10 of 15 people found this review helpful My six-year-old son and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The acting was superb (how could it not be, with such a cast), and the visuals (all CGI, of course) were stunnin... Full Review Overall Grade: A Story: B+ Acting: A Direction: B+ Visuals: A Pleasantly Surprising by LynnR (movies profile) (Dec 21, 2008) 7 of 9 people found this review helpful I read this story to my daughter when she was about 7 yrs old and I wasn't too sure about the story back then, but I really enjoyed this movie. My daughter is now 11... Full Review Overall Grade: A- Story: N/A Acting: B Direction: A+ Visuals: A I love this little mouse... by Justplay! (movies profile) (Jan 2, 2009) 5 of 5 people found this review helpful I grew up a sad child. Why??? Well, I had big ears. Everyone teased me in school. So, when I saw this movie coming out - a movie about a poor little mouse with gynorm... Full Review Previous   |  1-10 of 273  |   Next