The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 | 95 min | Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
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Why it’s a Weeknight Watch
A mixed bag with no real highs. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
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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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
81% on Rotten Tomatoes, 62 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.7/10 from 3K viewers
- AwardsWeak
No major awards or nominations on record
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$164 million worldwide on a $90 million budget
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
227K Wikipedia readers in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Mark Waters
- Freddie HighmoreJared Grace / Simon Grace
- Sarah BolgerMallory Grace
- David StrathairnArthur Spiderwick
- Mary-Louise ParkerHelen Grace
- Nick NolteMulgarath
- Joan PlowrightAunt Lucinda Spiderwick
- Andrew McCarthyRichard Grace
- Seth RogenHogsqueal (voice)
- Martin ShortThimbletack (voice)
- Jordy BenattarYoung Lucinda Spiderwick