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The Tale of Despereaux
| Release | December 19, 2008 |
| Cast | Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline, William Macy, Stanley Tucci, Ciarán Hinds, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Frank Langella, Richard Jenkins, Christopher Lloyd, Sigourney Weaver |
| Genre | Family |
| Running Time | 94 Minutes |
| Director | Rob Stevenhagen, Sam Fell |
| Studio | Universal |
| Producers | Gary Ross, Allison Thomas, William Sargent, Ryan Kavanaugh, David Lipman, Robin Bissell |
| Screenplay | |
| Rating |
Once a thriving place of sunshine and delicious soup, the faraway kingdom of Dor has fallen into sadness. An accident leaves the king brokenhearted; the sunshine fades, and the soup disappears Into this world is born Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a book-loving mouse and friend to Princess Pea (Emma Watson) . When Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux must find a knight's brave heart within his tiny body and rescue his friend.
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The Tale of Despereaux
I took my 5 year old to this movie and parts of it were really scary for her. She still enjoyed the movie and it had a great story but I would hesitate to take children under 5 to see it.