The Spiderwick ChroniclesOverview and Synopsis

  • The Spiderwick Chronicles
  • Opened February 14, 2008 | Runtime:1 hr. 37 min.
  • PG
    scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elements
  • Of the three Grace children, Jared (Freddie Highmore) has always been thought of as the troublemaker. So when strange things happen after his family's move to a relative's dilapidated estate, sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger), twin brother Simon and Read More


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  • Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger, Andrew McCarthy
  • Director: Mark S. Waters
  • Genres: Fantasy Adventure, Fantasy

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  • Freddie Highmore in "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
  • Freddie Highmore in "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
  • Sarah Bolger and Freddie Highmore in "The Spiderwick Chronicles."

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  • Actor Freddie Highmore at the L.A. premiere of "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
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  • Caught in a web
    by watcha_da_show

    This movie really tried to live up to all the promise of the books. It didn't make it. You never felt aligned with any of the characters in the movie so you really didn't care much how it turned...Read More

  • Spiderwick Chronicles
    by CarriD

    I enjoyed the movie. I haven't read the book. It is a little scary for smaller children....Read More

  • ****ING SWEET
    by robsmitho1

    OMG IT WAS SO COOL...Read More

  • Great movie!!
    by grinandbarrett99

    I have not read the books, but I'm going to get them. I actually took my 6 year old son to see it and we had to leave about 30 minutes into it because he got so scared by the goblins/monsters. We...Read More

The Spiderwick Chronicles Critic Reviews

  • "...suffers slightly from that not-so-fresh feeling. " Los Angeles Times

    - Carina Chocano

  • "...the cinematography by Caleb Deschanel is stunning, but fantasy and reality fail to coexist comfortably." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

  • "...though it arrives with less fanfare than Compass did, Spiderwick is a superior movie in almost all respects..." Variety

    - Justin Chang

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