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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   16,724 votes
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Director:
Mark Waters
Writers (WGA):
Karey Kirkpatrick (screenplay) and
David Berenbaum (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
14 February 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Their World Is Closer Than You Think more
Plot:
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 synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
Bird! Bird! Bird! more (104 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
Las crónicas de Spiderwick (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Spain) (Venezuela) [es]
Les chroniques de Spiderwick (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
A Spiderwick krónikák (Hungary) [hu]
As Crônicas de Spiderwick (Brazil) [pt]
De Spiderwick kronieken (Netherlands) [nl]
Die Geheimnisse der Spiderwicks (Germany) [de]
Kronika rodu Spiderwicku (Czech Republic) [cs]
Kronike Spiderwick (Croatia) [hr]
Kroniki Spiderwick (Poland) [pl]
Spiderwick (Sweden) [sv]
Spiderwick - Le cronache (Italy) [it]
Spiderwick fortællingerne (Denmark) [da]
Spiderwick günceleri (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Spiderwick krønikene (Norway) [no]
Spiderwicki kroonika (Estonia) [et]
Spiderwickin kronikat (Finland) [fi]
Ta hronika tou Spiderwick (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated PG for scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elements.
Runtime:
96 min | 107 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS | Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)
Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Film prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Widow". more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When it first appears that the goblins are roasting a cat, the fire is moving in reverse motion. more
Quotes:
Jared Grace: [seeing Hogsqeal] And they say *I've* got anger issues. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in "Getaway: Getaway's European Holiday (#17.10)" (2008) more

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32 out of 41 people found the following comment useful.
Bird! Bird! Bird!, 10 March 2008
10/10
Author: DancefloorTerrorist from United Kingdom

Went to a UK preview tonight and this completely took me by surprise. A brilliant fantasy adventure which retains it's dignity and doesn't sell out for a cute Disney style box office attack.

The issues in it were quite good and realistic and it wasn't necessarily 'happy ever after' in the end. The scripting and the style of the piece reminded me of 'The Princess Bride'- although this is more of an action adventure than a comedy.

Well worth seeing, and there doesn't seem to have been much 'hollywood tailoring' such as there was with the Golden compass and Narnia...

As to the monsters / fairies- they were very well done indeed, quite believable considering they were computer generated.

Well worth seeing, but I have the feeling it won't get as much publicity as the usual run of the mill children's movie...

Why do I keep saying children's movie when I am 34?

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