But by the end of the trailer, I'm also getting whiffs of The Lion King thanks to Matthew Broderick moving on from Simba to voice Despereaux (and really, I must point out that going from a lion to a rat is not exactly a great career move). I'm starting to think actors will sign on for any animated feature they're asked to do. And it's not just Matthew: Sigourney Weaver, Stanley Tucci, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Kline and several other A- or B-listers provide voices here. It must be an excellent movie, then, right? Oh, wait. Maybe it's the easy work (a role you can literally phone in) for relatively decent money.

Reviews by People Who've Actually Seen It:
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