Print: Good - Sound: Good - Label: Paramount - Year: 2008 - Cover: Good - Format: 2.35:1 - Length: 1h32m/1h24m - Before: No - Again: Maybe - Price: £1 - Rating: 6.5/10.
The Spiderwick Chronicles is based on the series of books of the same name. Brothers Jared and Simon Grace (Freddie Highmore), caught up in their parents divorce, are uprooted by their mother Helen (Mary-Louise Parker) with their sister, Mallory (Sarah Bolger), from New York City to a small town. They move into an old mansion passed on to them by the kids great-aunt, Lucinda (Joan Plowright), who is spending her twilight years in a care home, whose scientist father, Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn), disappeared some 80 years ago.
Jared investigates strange happenings and discovers Arthurs secret book on fairies, ogres, and other mythical creatures that live both in and outside the house. Having no idea where his curiosity is leading, Jared soon finds that he and his family are under siege from goblins and a powerful ogre, Mulgarath (Nick Nolte) who wants Arthurs book. Suddenly, the boy becomes a resourceful warrior intent on saving his loved ones from powerful forces.
The Spiderwick Chronicles is much better then I expected, and although its not Harry Potter, it is very entertaining! Recommended!
Here is the trailer...
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