The Tale of Despereaux (U)
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He fetches up in the darker subterranean Ratworld, which resembles Kurtz's jungle hideout in Apocalypse Now, and stages gladiatorial games where mice are thrown to outsize moggies. A nice touch. Meanwhile there's a princess pining away in the castle upstairs, and a king who mourns the death of his queen following a nasty soup incident. A long story, and one more likely to work its charm on kids than on their parents.
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