The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Actors

• Robbie Coltrane (actor)
• Robin Atkin Downes (actor)
• Gary Dunn (actor)
• Sam Fell (actor)
• Sam Fell (actor)
• Tony Hale (actor)
• Ciarán Hinds (actor)
• Dustin Hoffman (actor)
• Richard Jenkins (actor)
• Kevin Kline (actor)
• Frank Langella (actor)
• Christopher Lloyd (actor)
• William H. Macy (actor)
• Bronson Pinchot (actor)
• Matthew Broderick (actor)

Genres

• Adventure
• Animation
• Comedy
• Family
• Fantasy

Taglines:

Small Hero. Big Heart.
Small Mouse. Big Dreams.

Quotes:

Narrator: [voiceover] I could say they lived happily ever after, but what's the fun in that?

Narrator: Once upon a time, there was a brave, little mouse who loved honor and justice and always told the truth. [Camera zooms in and we see a rat named Roscuro] No, that's not him. That's a rat. And anyone who knows anything, knows there is a big difference between a mouse and a rat. First of all, rats hate the light. [Roscuro climbs on a barrel and looks at the sun] They spend their lives in the darkness. Also terrify the people which is why they're slinking and cover all the time. [Roscuro goes to near of a sailor] And as far as telling the truth as concerned, well, that is impossible, because as everyone knows a rat can't talk. [Roscuro starts to talk]::Roscuro: Tell me that thing again, please.::Pietro: Come on!::Roscuro: Tell me one more time and I won't ask you ever again, I swear.::Pietro: Fine. We are headed to Dor, one of the most magical places in the whole world.::Roscuro: No, that's not what you said before. You know, every place has something special and in Dor, it's "the soup".

Narrator: If you know anything about fairy tales, then you know that a hero doesn't appear until the world really needs one.

Narrator: Of course, destiny is a funny thing. We go out to meet it and we don't always know that we are.

Narrator: When your heart breaks it can grow back crooked. It grows back twisted and gnarled and hard.

Narrator: The story said she was a prisoner but that wasn't totally true because she had hope and whenever you have hope, you're never really anybody's prisoner.

Narrator: So sometimes it doesn't take much for your dreams to come true, you just have to be able to see it that way.

Princess Pea: What are you, a mouse?::Despereaux: No... I'm a gentleman.

Narrator: In fact, you can have a good heart and not even know it.

Narrator: Ok, remember when we said that grief was the strongest thing a person could feel? Well, it isn't. It's forgiveness because a single act of forgiveness can change everything.