The Tale of Despereaux

"Small Mouse. Big Dreams."

Dec 19 2008 G 1h 33m
Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.

Plot

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.

Written by

Kate DiCamillo, Gary Ross, Will McRobb

Directed by

Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen

Cast

Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

Larger Than Life Productions

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 8 nominations

Trailers
The Tale Of Despereaux - trailer - HD
The Tale of Despereaux Official Trailer #1 - Dustin Hoffman Movie (2008) HD
Scores
# of Votes
41,361
Average Rating
6.1 out of 10
Metascore
53
Popularity
NA