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Release Date:
14 February 2008 (USA) moreTagline:
Their World Is Closer Than You Think morePlot:
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. full summary | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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1 win & 6 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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It's no bedtime story. more (104 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Freddie Highmore | ... | Jared Grace / Simon Grace |
 | Mary-Louise Parker | ... | Helen Grace |
 | Nick Nolte | ... | Mulgarath |
 | Sarah Bolger | ... | Mallory Grace |
 | Andrew McCarthy | ... | Richard Grace |
| Joan Plowright | ... | Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick |
 | David Strathairn | ... | Arthur Spiderwick |
 | Seth Rogen | ... | Hogsqueal (voice) |
 | Martin Short | ... | Thimbletack (voice) |
| Jordy Benattar | ... | Young Lucinda |
| Tod Fennell | ... | Helen's Co-Worker |
| Mariah Inger | ... | Nurse |
| Jeremy Lavalley | ... | Tow Truck Driver |
| Lise Durocher-Viens | ... | Mrs. Spiderwick |
 | Tyler Patrick Jones | ... | Additional Performer |
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Rated PG for scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elements.Parents Guide:
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96 min | 107 min (unrated version)Country:
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EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Sweden:11 | Norway:11 | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-11 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | South Africa:10M | Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | UK:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | USA:PG (certificate #43900) | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | Germany:6 | Peru:PT | New Zealand:PG | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Iceland:7 | Brazil:LivreFilming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, CanadaFun Stuff
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Film prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Widow". moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Jared is pulling himself up the dumbwaiter for the first time, in one shot the dumbwaiter is continuously moving up. The dumbwaiter only moves when he pulls the rope, but it keeps moving in between pulls. moreQuotes:
Hogsqueal: Do birds live in these little houses?Jared Grace: Yeah.
Hogsqueal: Oh my gosh, that's genius! Who thought of that? You can stick your tongue right in it!
[begins slobbering over a birdhouse]
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Spiderwick Chronicles is a dark delight of Harry Potter-type goblins, ghouls, and griffins with violence enough to make it a howler for the nine year old but a sleepless night for the seven.
Arthur Spiderwick decades ago wrote a private field guide to faeries, a much sought after tome by gremlins who hate them.
Besides the usual CGI gymnastics is the now common dad-is-gone-by-divorce-and-mom-is–frazzled motif, along with the usual nobody-believes-me-but-I-can-see-them suspense builder. The production design of the old mansion is Psycho-worthy, and the ever serviceable James Horner provides the right chilling music.
Not to be missed, however, is the shape-shifting leader of the baddies played by Nick Nolte, whose freaked out visage eclipses the shock of his infamous California mug shot.