Creative setting and well-crafted visual design, but the story is a mess of cliches and genre standards. The protagonists are flat, boring and not even very convincing; the character of Despereaux sounds like he's voiced by a tired old man, and he is.
This review of The Tale of Despereaux (2008) was written by Tony V on 17 Jul 2009.
The Tale of Despereaux has generally received mixed reviews.
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