The Tale of Despereaux(2008)- User Reviews

This is one of the worst movies I've been to. My wife and I walked out about thirty minutes into it. The computer animation is spectacular but the characters are grotesque. There's all kinds of mixed messages such as when the leading mouse …more»

I swear some bits were lifted right from the various Harry Potter soundtracks. Especially the tracks from the Shrieking Shack from the Azkaban installment. Wasn't horrible, otherwise. I thought the entire movie was.... I guess "lazy" would …more»

Took my 6-year-old grand daughter to see this movie over the weekend.
True, she may not have 'gotten' the whole gist of the film, but was interested enough by the most of the characters and the basic story line.

Even though I'd never read …more»

This is a cartoon that maybe should have been live action, it's story is a little dark for the younger kids but is marketed towards them, so teens and older people may avoid it. "The Tale Of Despereaux" is the story of two heroes, Despereuax …more»

This movie is based on a book for middle school children. Quit rating the movie on what you think a movie is worth and rate it on how it compares to the book and how the kids respond to it. That's what it should be for.....the kids love that book. …more»

wow the title sounds mean. i don't even know why my mom enjoyed it and she hates animated movies, besides the pixar kind. i didnt think she'd be this excited about the movie. she's more of the super scary and action kind of mom. she likes …more»

My 6 yearold daughter and I saw Despereaux. she enjoyed it, but I was disappointed. I really enjoyed the book and they changed the story line for the movie - THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE. It's like they took the heart and soul of the book and completely …more»

all movie speaks about a mouse and Rat ?, excuse me i've seen much much better. faces on movie discuest you, face of rat and mouse is unbelivable discuesting!, all movie speaks about a princes and a stupid mouse and another lil princes i dont care …more»

This was a terrible experience for my family. The CGI was not close to high quality. The visuals reminded me of something that my 5 year old cousin did on his Apple 2e computer several years ago. The story was super slow. At one point, my wife and …more»

First off, I love going to the movies with my kids and because of this have seen some excellent films(animated and not). This one was lacking in story and imagination. I like clear cut bad guys and good guys and this movie was wishy-washy in that area. …more»