
"The Tale of Despereaux" (a.k.a. The tale of a desperate movie company getting a film out before Christmas)
Grade: Lame
Warning: spoilers below!!
“The Tale of Despereaux” – an epic title for an epic disappointment of a movie. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t all bad. But even all the exciting commercials and holiday hype were not enough to salvage this film from my “lame” bin.
This is impressive seeing as it carries so many of the elements that would usually endear a movie to my heart. Anyone who knows this film critic knows I love a good animated movie. In fact, I usually love bad animated movies, too, if I can laugh at them. But this one was neither. It wasn’t good and it wasn’t funny. These are rather sweeping accusations, so let’s get into the nitty-gritty of it, shall we?
I must write here one more time that I am planning on discussing every element of this film and if you do not want it completely ruined for you, stop reading now. Ok, on to the movie. (Click "Read More" for the review)