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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Hale, Ciarán Hinds, Charles Shaughnessy, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Watson, William H. Macy, Frances Conroy, Christopher Lloyd, Tracey Ullman, Stanley Tucci ...MORE

Cast: Matthew Broderick, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Hale, Ciarán Hinds, Charles Shaughnessy, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Watson, William H. Macy, Frances Conroy, Christopher Lloyd, Tracey Ullman, Stanley Tucci, Frank Langella, Kevin Kline, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Adventure, Children's/Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Children's Fantasy, Family Film

The Tale of Despereaux is a 2008 computer-animated film directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen. Loosely based on the 2003 fantasy book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, the movie is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and stars Matthew Broderick and Emma Watson. It was released on December 19, 2008 by Universal Pictures. A ship sails into the kingdom of Dor, known for its 'Royal Soup Day.' Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a rat, is aboard with a human companion, Pietro. Roscuro is mesmerized by the aroma of soup being prepared in the castle's kitchens and he escapes Pietro to find the source. In... MORE

The Tale of Despereaux is a 2008 computer-animated film directed by Sam Fell and Robert Stevenhagen. Loosely based on the 2003 fantasy book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo, the movie is narrated by Sigourney Weaver and stars Matthew Broderick and Emma Watson. It was released on December 19, 2008 by Universal Pictures. A ship sails into the kingdom of Dor, known for its 'Royal Soup Day.' Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a rat, is aboard with a human companion, Pietro. Roscuro is mesmerized by the aroma of soup being prepared in the castle's kitchens and he escapes Pietro to find the source. In doing so, he finds the castle banquet room and accidentally falls into the Queen's soup after she takes the first sip. The Queen then gets shocked and faints from sheer terror, falls headfirst in her soup bowl and eventually drowns with no one noticing. Meanwhile, Roscuro is being chased about the castle. The chase finally ends when Roscuro falls into a vent and plunges into the dungeons. The king in his grief orders soup to be forbidden and rats banished. These were the Dark Ages and the town falls into eternal darkness and famine. Roscuro, meanwhile, meets Botticelli (Ciarán Hinds), the brutal LESS