Mihnea_aka_Pitbull Review of The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2008)

Qualities and flaws

[4/10 · 19 January 2009]

The qualities:

• Superb graphics, expressive, beautiful and stylish;

• Solid characters, both intrinsically and visually;

• A compelling atmosphere, and mood in general.

The flaws:

• A chaotic script, confusing and unprofessional. They were too ambitious to keep as much as possible of the novel's sub-plots and secondary characters, but didn't know how to organize them according to the screen-writing rules.

• A linear direction: everything flows on too uniformly, the important scenes are not accented and developed enough. As such, it gradually becomes boring, and during the culminating moments it's positively anticlimactic.

• The disadvantageous comparison with "Oblio". That one had spark! This one is also smart, but less inspired.