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My review of The Tale of Despereaux<\/em> is coming to Christianity Today Movies next Friday. For now, I\u2019ll just say this: Read the book before you see the movie.<\/p>\n

Please. Pretty please. You\u2019ll thank me for it. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of those classic books like Juster\u2019s The Phantom Tollbooth<\/em>, or Barrie\u2019s Peter Pan,<\/em> or Tolkien\u2019s The Hobbit,<\/em> or Lewis\u2019s Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe<\/em> or Macdonald\u2019s Princess and the Curdie<\/em>, or Ende\u2019s Momo<\/em>. It sits on my shelf of personal favorites right alongside those volumes. This movie is as different from the book as the movie Prince Caspian<\/em> is different from the book. It\u2019s not a *bad* movie, but believe me\u2026 it\u2019s better to experience this story as a novel first than to crowd your head with an altogether different storyline, and different personalities for DiCamillo\u2019s wonderful characters. More details coming on Friday\u2026<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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