Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

2020

Action / Comedy / Drama / Family

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 2 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 1108 1.1K

Plot summary

Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what really can happen when you are brave enough to follow your dreams. Joining Dawn French who plays Beatrix, the cast includes Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya, Bill Bailey and Nick Mohammed.

Director

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David Kerr

Top cast

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Kevin Bishop as Fox Fur Head
John Hannah Photo
John Hannah
Rob Brydon Photo
Rob Brydon as William Heelis
Simon Armstrong Photo
Simon Armstrong as Tom
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643.41 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 10 min
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1.17 GB
1904*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 10 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by me-123-832936 6 / 10

Nice movie for kids, not so much for the adult audience

Roald Dahl actually didn't mean anything to me until this film, but his works like "Mathilda", "The BFG" or "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" did, after all they are among the most famous film adaptations of his works.The film itself shows him in his childhood and how he felt the fascination of his favorite works of Beatrix Potter. For the fact that it was mainly supposed to portray him, we learned quite little about him. Only that he had four siblings, one of whom died of a ruptured appendix and shortly thereafter his father also passed away. I would have liked a deeper insight into Roald Dahl, but the film is a children's film and is primarily aimed at this audience. Adults can still watch documentaries or read his autobiographies.
Reviewed by adamjohns-42575 4 / 10

Please Sir? Can I have some more?

I think I wanted more from this one? If it is just the beginning of a series, I may be able to forgive it somewhat, but if this is the sum total of their connection, I can't help feeling that it is not quite noteworthy enough to bother making in to a film.I was quite disappointed that their actual meeting only lasted a few minutes, as I'd expected the whole film to be about the connection that they had made. However, if there are going to be follow ups that show the rest of their story, then this was a nice gentle way to start it. As a stand alone story though, I felt it was quite slow going and lacked the interest I thought it would provide. If they had become the best of friends or if he had helped her write a book or she had inspired him to write his first, then I could see the point, otherwise it was just a little bit twee.Don't get me wrong, it was a nice little film, but it didn't really seem to go anywhere. It was filmed well and in some great locations and the actors were all very good. Jessica Hynes in particular, despite her almost Welsh, Norwegian accent, was a very good character as Roald's Mother. Why they chose Rob Brydon to play William Heelis though, I don't know? He was not Welsh as far as I can see? Honestly I just don't like Mr Brydon anyway. John Hannah was and is always an inspired choice as the narrator, that voice just has such charm.I'd love to see the IMDB trivia section fill up with information about the actual connection between the two, in order to understand it better. I made a vague attempt at studying it via Wikipedia, but could not satisfy my curiosity. Perhaps it should have been completely truthful instead of just sort of?
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