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?
Directed by Jakob Schuh and Max Lang
based on children's book
cartoon mouse
short film
cartoon fox
cartoon snake
Rank
#74 in 2009·#4280 overall
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.5 / 5
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Cast
Helena Bonham Carter
Mother Squirrel (voice)
Rob Brydon
Snake (voice)
Robbie Coltrane
The Gruffalo (voice)
James Corden
Mouse (voice)
John Hurt
Owl (voice)
Tom Wilkinson
Fox (voice)
Crew
Max Lang
Director
Max Lang
Writer
Julia Donaldson
Writer
Julia Donaldson
Author
Popular Reviews
221 reviews
Ella Hill
9.0★ · 01/26/26
Watched this for academic purposes believe it or not
Watched this for academic purposes believe it or not
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Marley Davies
9.0★ · 03/28/26
The gruffalos forest is where you'd find me
The gruffalos forest is where you'd find me
Theia
10.0★ · 03/01/26
beautiful.
beautiful.
Maya jules
10.0★ · 01/05/26
my childhood. always vibes. resonates even more when you went to a waldorf school
my childhood. always vibes. resonates even more when you went to a waldorf school
