Flushed Away 2006 PG, 86 min. Genre: Animation / Family / Comedy
Director: David Bowers, Sam Fell Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Jean Reno, Bill Nighy, Shane Richie, Kathy Burke, David Suchet, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Duerden, Miles Richardson
Roddy (voice of Hugh Jackman) is a mouse living the good life in a posh London apartment–until a sewer rat, Sid (voice of Shane Richie), arrives on the scene, lures Roddy into a "whirlpool," and flushes him down the toilet. From that drain pipe, Roddy enters London's sewer world of Ratropolis where he becomes involved in quite an adventure with rats, toads, and frogs that include scavenger Rita (voice of Kate Winslet) and the evil Toad (voice of Ian McKellen).
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The Tale of Despereaux 2008 G, 85 min. Genre: Family / Animation / Comedy / Adventure
Director: Sam Fell, Robert Stevenhagen Cast: Matthew Broderick, Emma Watson, Dustin Hoffman, Tracey Ullman, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Lloyd, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, William H. Macy, Stanley Tucci, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Frances Conroy, Richard Jenkins
Narrated by Sigourney Weaver, this is the tale of a brave, lop-earred mouse, Despereaux (voice of Matthew Broderick), who is banished from his home and bonds with outcast rat Roscuro (voice of Dustin Hoffman). When they learn that Princess Pea (voice of Emma Watson) has been kidnapped by her chambermaid Miggery (voice of Tracey Ullman), Despereaux and Roscuro set out to rescue Princess Pea from the revengeful rats who are plotting revenge against the humans.
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| 1. Flushed Away (2006)
2. The Tale of Despereaux (2008)
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