The Tale of Despereaux

by Sam Fell

Starring: Matthew Broderick, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Watson

2008

This star-studded adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s Newberry Medal-winning book tells the tale of an unusually gifted mouse named Despereaux (voiced by Matthew Broderick) who falls in love with a human princess (Emma Watson). Despereaux’s different from other mice in that he reads books and has disproportionally large ears for his body.