The Gruffalo

Dec 25, 2009

0h 27m

★ 7.3

Overview

The magical tale of a mouse who sets foot on a woodland adventure in search of a nut. Encountering predators who all wish to eat him - Fox, Owl and Snake - the brave mouse creates a terrifying, imaginary monster to frighten them away. But what will the mouse do when he meets this frightful monster for real?

Genres

Animation

Family

Production Companies

Magic Light Pictures

Orange Eye

The Gruffalo Trailers

Cast

Mother Squirrel (voice)

Helena Bonham Carter

Snake (voice)

Rob Brydon

The Gruffalo (voice)

Robbie Coltrane

Mouse (voice)

James Corden

Owl (voice)

John Hurt

Fox (voice)

Tom Wilkinson

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