The Spiderwick Chronicles
David Strathairn, Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries ...( read more
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DVD Released: June 24, 2008
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March 22, 2009My son and I absolutely loved this film. We didn't really know anything about it when we rented it so we were really pleasantly surprised. There were places where we laughed, others where we almost jumped out of our skin but all in all it was a really really fun film.
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January 11, 2009A great little enchanting, magical film with some great characters and creatures in it. The kids all act very well and it's good the film is set in modern times with typical everyday kids in a common situation. If you're under 16 this would probably get 5 stars, but it's enjoyabl... ...( read more )
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January 8, 2009It looked pretty on my new tv, but I was at the table working and didn't mind missing some of it.
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December 14, 2008"Their World Is Closer Than You Think"
Mark S. Waters's adaptation of the popular fantasy novels The Spiderwick Chronicles tells the tale of the Graces, a family who must adapt to their new strange surroundings. As the story begins, twin brothers Jared and Simon, along ... ...( read more ) -
December 1, 2008Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
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June 29, 2009I love fantasy movies but The Spiderwick Chronicles was a miss for me. Mostly i found it boring but a few others things ruined it for me too. I didnt like the actor Freddie Highmore,who played the twins,his acting skills are terrible and i get annoyed just by looking at him. Also... ...( read more )
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February 14, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
February 14, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The movie, based on the best-selling series by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, tells parallel tales of fathers who abandon their children, but it glosses over the trauma of those sagas in favor of sp... full review
February 14, 2008
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
As kids' movies go, this is no Harry Potter, but it's an enjoyable enough adventure -- with just enough scariness. full review
February 14, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Sloppy, secondhand pander.
February 14, 2008
Kyle Smith, New York Post
The characters lack shadings -- Nolte's ogre is loud but uninteresting -- and the tone of the fantasy world isn't witty, like Harry Potter's, or satirical, like Lemony Snicket's. It's all just silly. full review
February 14, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The story generates surprising emotional power. full review
February 14, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It has plentiful whimsy, a big enough heart and Joan Plowright in one fine scene, burbling magnificently. It treats its archetypes with all due seriousness: Good must engage evil in a final stand. And... full review
February 11, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
There's nothing wrong with it that passion and personality couldn't fix. full review
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June 24, 2008Esta pelicula es realmente interesante, las criaturas magicas son hermosas y misteriosas a la vez. es impresionante..
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February 23, 2008You'd be missing out on a good movie if you listen to Richard Roeper's review from the show, same goes for the review of his friend. They both don't know what they are talking about.
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February 19, 2008very good movie. they changed a lot from what is in the books, but if you do not take the books into account then the movie was really great!
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February 18, 2008I admit it was good but it is not like the books. It has some stuff from the books but its all twisted and different and they added stuff. I wish they would just have stuck to the books and not changed it so much.
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February 16, 2008love love love love love it soooooooooooooooooooooooooo much !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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February 12, 2008i really wanna see this movie
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December 29, 2007If anybody wants to I made a Spiderwick quiz on the books. It's the first Spiderwick quiz on Flixster!
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