The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Their world is closer than you think.
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The Spiderwick Chronicles rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.5/10· 108K votes
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic62%
TMDb6.7/10· 3K votesWith 81% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About The Spiderwick Chronicles
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 and other creatures.
Cast of The Spiderwick Chronicles
Freddie Highmore
as Jared Grace / Simon Grace
Sarah Bolger
as Mallory Grace
David Strathairn
as Arthur Spiderwick
Mary-Louise Parker
as Helen Grace
Nick Nolte
as Mulgarath
Joan Plowright
as Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Andrew McCarthy
as Richard Grace
Seth Rogen
as Hogsqueal (voice)
Martin Short
as Thimbletack (voice)
Jordy Benattar
as Young Lucinda Spiderwick
- L
Lise Durocher-Viens
as Mrs. Spiderwick
Tod Fennell
as Helen's Co-Worker
The Spiderwick Chronicles facts
- Budget
- $90M
- Box office
- $164.2M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Young adult novel adaptation brings elves and alternative reality inventively
- •Brother sister relationship provides genuine emotional grounding throughout
- •Adventure pacing keeps momentum despite complex fantasy world building
What the audience disliked
- •Aging aunt subplot feels underdeveloped for adequate screen time
- •Abandoned child trauma themes tone shift distracts from adventure
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