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The Tale of Despereaux |  | Directors: Robert Stevenhagen, Sam Fell
Actors: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, Kevin Kline
Studio: Universal
List Price: $14.98
Buy New: $11.49
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Format: AC-3, Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: G (General Audience)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.6
MPN: 025193229427
UPC: 025193229427
EAN: 0025193229427
Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 2008
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 " Liar " July 27, 2010
Carlos A. Melendez (San Juan, PR Puerto Rico)
That was the word my 7 y/o daughter uttered, after about 5 minutes , to discribe the "man who made this movie". You see, we had just spent the last two weeks reading the book, a few chapters every night. And my daughter really liked it, and with the first few minutes the makers of the movie had taken great liberties with the plot. Mind you I have no problem with Cook being a man in the movie when she was a woman in the book, the Vegetable Man that appears at the beginning doesn't even exist in the book but I didn't have a problem with that either ( "What in the world is that?" asked a very pissed off 7 y/o). But the thing that really not only annoyed my daughter but really pissed me off too was that Roscuro the rat is shown here as Despereaux's BFF when in the book he is actually the bad guy, and I mean THE BAD GUY. Yes in the book for a couple of pages he's not that bad but after he is just the Devil incarnate until he sees the light. Despereaux and Roscuro don't even meet in the book until they are ready for their dual. And here they are shown as friends, now I know that books will change when brought to the screen but to actually have something so blatantly different is just ridicules.
The movie also shows Despereaux as a one dimensional hero that doesn't seem to be afraid of anything, when in the book he is a much more rounded character with many faults, one being that he faints when he gets very nervous. This leads to the point where he wills himself not to faint in order to save the Princess, in the movie there is no great change in our hero.
In short this movie is not worth your money, buy the book and read it with your child, you will have a great time with all the suspense and backstories that you get when reading the book. Your child's imagination will leave you speechless.
 2:35 you will NEVER get back of your life July 6, 2010
J. J. Lewis (Iowa, USA)
In the beginning, there was soup, and it was good.
That sums up the grand opening of the entire movie. A physically deformed mouse rebells against a society and creates his own generic way; all without the means of any plot. It just unfolds.... moment by painful moment. True, it could have been worse with a chorus and a kick-line, but I believe myself to be sufficiantly scarred.
This film is full of brain-washing ideas for a rated G movie. I would not show it to children-- ever. Soup is, in this movie, "better than Christmas," the portly "ugly" characters wind up together isolated out of town by the end of the film, NONE of the females seem to have the ability to read and rely on male mice to do this for them, and of course, all father figures in this film have abandoned their children in this film. In a word: this movie is warped.
 Rat Tales April 25, 2010
Guy Coggins (Florida)
This movie was a lot better than I expected. I guess I read some old bad reviews in the past then went back to read the more current reviews and decided to order this movie. It had a good story line. I don't usually comment on the audio and video quality of a Blu Ray movie unless it is below what I expect from Blu Ray...otherwise it is great quality.
 Great Movie April 24, 2010
maer (FL)
This movie was the main part of this years Birthday Party. The children and adults loved it. This movie was worth waiting for. It was a very nice story about bravery.
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