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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   16,727 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:
AMAZING Kid's Movie! more (104 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Spiderwick Chronicles: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)
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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 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. more
Quotes:
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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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Getaway: Getaway's European Holiday (#17.10)" (2008) more

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How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Is this "The Spiderwich Chronicles" based on a book?
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40 out of 58 people found the following comment useful.
AMAZING Kid's Movie!, 17 February 2008
10/10
Author: Jennifer Holloway from United States

Don't listen to all those 'know it alls' who say the book is better then the movie, so therefore, this movie isn't any good. This was a GREAT movie! Obviously you can't fit a whole book into a kid length movie - so they do the best they can and this was WILDLY successful! It was a fun, suspenseful movie that engages you from the beginning. I went with my 9 year old daughter and she LOVED IT! I haven't seen such a good children's movie in a long, long time! It's a MUST SEE! If your child is easily scared then this may not be the movie for them. While I don't view it as a scary movie - the goblins and action might be startling for sensitive kids.

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