The Tale of Despereaux is a strange little film. It begins with a rat named Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman) who arrives in the kingdom of Dor just in time to experience Soup Day, where all of the people gather around to celebrate the royal chef’s latest creation for the King’s family, which is always a gourmet soup of some sort. The entire kingdom stops to experience the excitement, and Roscuro just can’t help himself, as he moves in just a bit too close to get a whiff of the soup, and he ends up falling into the Queen’s bowl. She of course reacts, and ends up dying. The King overreacts, and outlaws both soup and rats from the kingdom. A ver strange beginning indeed.



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