The Tale of Despereaux
(USA/Great Britain, 2008, 93 minutes)
A brave little mouse sworn to the code of chivalry helps a lonely princess restore happiness to her kingdom. Sweetly charming, nicely old-fashioned animated fairytale for children, with some unusual pastel-coloured visuals inspired by medieval engravings, jarring with the all-star voice cast and the sophisticated, post-modern tone of the scripting.
Universal Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Larger Than Life production in association with Framestore Animation. With the voices of Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, Charles Shaughnessy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman, Emma Watson; and Sigourney Weaver (the narrator). Directed by Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen; produced by Gary Ross, Allison Thomas; screenplay by Gary Ross, based on a screen story by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, and on the children's book by Kate di Camillo, The Tale of Despereaux; music by William Ross; director of photography (Technicolor, widescreen), Brad Blackbourn; production designer, Evgeni Tomov; animation supervisor, Gabriele Zucchetti; visual effects supervisor, Barry Armour; film editor, Mark Solomon.
A brave little mouse sworn to the code of chivalry helps a lonely princess restore happiness to her kingdom. Sweetly charming, nicely old-fashioned animated fairytale for children, with some unusual pastel-coloured visuals inspired by medieval engravings, jarring with the all-star voice cast and the sophisticated, post-modern tone of the scripting.
Universal Pictures presents, in association with Relativity Media, a Larger Than Life production in association with Framestore Animation. With the voices of Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, Charles Shaughnessy, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman, Emma Watson; and Sigourney Weaver (the narrator). Directed by Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen; produced by Gary Ross, Allison Thomas; screenplay by Gary Ross, based on a screen story by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi, and on the children's book by Kate di Camillo, The Tale of Despereaux; music by William Ross; director of photography (Technicolor, widescreen), Brad Blackbourn; production designer, Evgeni Tomov; animation supervisor, Gabriele Zucchetti; visual effects supervisor, Barry Armour; film editor, Mark Solomon.
Comments