In typical Pratchett fashion, the less intellectually inclined male (Keith) falls head over heels for this woman who’s so smart, she deconstructs their scam as soon as she witnesses a talking cat in league with a talking rat. After a quick display of Maurice’s (voice of Hugh Laurie) rat plague scam, he, Keith and their rats, who are all named for the garbage they once consumed, move on to the Bavarian-looking fairy tale town where Malicia is the Mayor’s (voice of Hugh Bonneville) daughter. Bunnsey Has an Adventure,’ which we see in traditional animation, before informing us that this is not what our story will be about. It will be older kids and adults who will most appreciate “The Amazing Maurice,” a clever twist on the old Pied Piper fairy tale (which, our narrator Malicia (voice of Emilia Clarke), gleefully reminds us is really quite brutal!).ĭirector Toby Genkel and his screenwriter Terry Rossio begin with a fourth wall breaking wraparound featuring the narrator (who becomes a character within the action) reading ‘Mr. Those familiar with the world of the late comedic fantasy writer Terry Pratchett will know his sense of humor ran dark, so despite the fact that this is adapted from his first children’s book (and 28 th Discworld novel) ‘The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents,’ parents should be aware that events include animal torture and death (albeit mostly implied rather than visualized), the latter occasioning a visit from two of Discworld’s most memorable characters, Death and Death of Rats.
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