The Tale of Desperaux

I saw an advance screening of The Tale of Desperaux this morning and was quite impressed.

It's a lovely animated film for younger audience, although the parents in my screening enjoyed it as well! I was cracking up most the time.

Desperaux combines excellent animation with a complex, virtue-extolling storyline based on this novel of the same name by Kate Dicamillo and Timothy Ering.

You can watch a high-quality trailer of the movie here.

Desperaux is a fairy tale in all the right ways, without any of the recent Hollywood -style deconstruction that has been popular (I loved the Shrek series, but it was an "anti-fairy tale" flick).

The movie will be released the 19th, and if you're looking for something to entertain the kids (or your nieces/nephews/grandchildren) amidst the Christmas reunions, I don't think you could do much better.

There's plenty to admire in this tale of little Desperaux!