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The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux

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Funny and stylish animated adventure about a fearless mouse who sets out to save his kingdom.

CertificateU

Duration90 mins

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  • rebecca, 26
  • 599 reviews

The Tale of Despereaux

3 stars

25 Nov 2022

On Wednesday the 23rd of November 2022 I watched a film about young mouse who is never afraid of anything in life his name is Despereaux after the queen of Dor dies when a rat falls in her soup, the king banishes all rats and soup from the kingdom. Roscuro, an unusually kind and dreaming rat, must retreat to a hideous colony of the rats of Dor, where the rats' ruler is determined to turn Roscuro into a cruel rodent. Despereaux who is a courageous mouse, much to the dismay of his peers and family. When Despereaux is banished after interacting with Princess Pea of Dor and reading a book instead of eating it, he must leave to live in the rat colony. Roscuro saves Despereaux from a forced battle and befriends him. The new and unlikely pair sets out on adventures to bring happiness back to Dor in this tale of courage, fate, and kindness. This film has been given a three- star rating because it was different to other films that I have seen before. The films that I am used to watching are Disney and action films. So that is why this review has been given three stars which means I found the film OK to watch but I will not recommend this film but that is my own option My favourite character would be Princess Pea who is voiced by Emma Watson because she has a kind heart to the rats even though the king saw the rats where evil and bad because of what one rat had done to the queen and always made trouble for the kingdom. That is why I like the princess because she tried to forgive the rats and let them live among the villagers and have soup day back again.

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