| Overall: | A |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 94 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 07 Apr 2009 |
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The Tale of Despereaux is rated Not Rated:
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman
Studio: 2008 Universal Pictures
Website: Official site for The Tale of Despereaux.
Detailed Review
Like a square rodent in a round mouse hole, little Despereaux (voice of Matthew Broderick) just doesn't get what his destiny is supposed to be. Growing up in Mouseworld, located…
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Why Is The Tale of Despereaux Rated Not Rated?
This animated children’s film offers a relatively insightful and complex plot, but may frighten young…
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Despereaux, Roscuro and Mig are challenged by the limitations of being, respectively, a mouse, a…
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
