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The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
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Ratings: 6.1/10 from 14,748 users
Metascore:
53/100
Reviews: 95 user | 114 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com 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. |
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| Matthew Broderick | ... |
Despereaux
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| Dustin Hoffman | ... |
Roscuro
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| Emma Watson | ... |
Princess Pea
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| Tracey Ullman | ... |
Miggery Sow
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| Kevin Kline | ... |
Andre
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| William H. Macy | ... |
Lester
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| Stanley Tucci | ... |
Boldo
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| Ciarán Hinds | ... |
Botticelli
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| Robbie Coltrane | ... |
Gregory
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| Tony Hale | ... |
Furlough
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| Frances Conroy | ... |
Antoinette
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| Frank Langella | ... |
Mayor
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| Richard Jenkins | ... |
Principal
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| Christopher Lloyd | ... |
Hovis
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| Charles Shaughnessy | ... |
Pietro
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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.
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Small Mouse. Big Dreams. See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
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Despereaux - Un pequeño gran héroe See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$10,103,675 (USA) (21 December 2008) (2758 Screens)Gross:
$50,818,750 (USA) (1 March 2009)Company Credits
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[Camera zooms in and we see a rat named Roscuro]
Narrator: No, that's not him. That's a rat. And anyone who knows anything, knows there is a big difference between a mouse and a rat. First of all, rats hate the light.
[Roscuro climbs on a barrel and looks at the sun]
Narrator: They spend their lives in the darkness. Also terrify the people which is why they're slinking and cover all the time.
[Roscuro goes to near of a sailor]
Narrator: And as far as telling the truth as concerned, well, that is impossible, because as everyone knows a rat can't talk.
[Roscuro starts to talk]
Roscuro: Tell me that thing again, please.
Pietro: Come on!
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A number of characters have names that are artistic references. "Roscuro" refers to the "Chiaroscuro Movement", Botticelli is a reference to the artist Sandro Botticelli, painter of "The Birth of Venus", and Boldo is named after Giuseppe Arcimboldo, a famous surrealistic painter who composed faces and figures out of various objects in the way that Boldo himself is made out of fruit, vegetables and kitchen utensils. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Despereaux is about to be dropped into the rat dungeon, he has red string wrapped around his waist. The camera cuts away to show the dungeon, and when it comes back to see Despereaux, the red string is missing. See more »Quotes
Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a brave, little mouse who loved honor and justice and always told the truth.[Camera zooms in and we see a rat named Roscuro]
Narrator: No, that's not him. That's a rat. And anyone who knows anything, knows there is a big difference between a mouse and a rat. First of all, rats hate the light.
[Roscuro climbs on a barrel and looks at the sun]
Narrator: They spend their lives in the darkness. Also terrify the people which is why they're slinking and cover all the time.
[Roscuro goes to near of a sailor]
Narrator: And as far as telling the truth as concerned, well, that is impossible, because as everyone knows a rat can't talk.
[Roscuro starts to talk]
Roscuro: Tell me that thing again, please.
Pietro: Come on!
[...]
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