Good movie for the family. Took a while to get started and left some questions unanswered. Some funny moments, very realistic in the fantasy world.

I've wanted to see this film for a really long time but unfortunately Stephen wasn't the least bit interested in doing so. He said it was too much of a children's movie! Wow, you'd think we were both in our 30's or something! These days it can be...
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I've wanted to see this film for a really long time but unfortunately Stephen wasn't the least bit interested in doing so. He said it was too much of a children's movie! Wow, you'd think we were both in our 30's or something! These days it can be hard for a good children's fantasy film or story to succeed because inevitably they are compared to Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings or The Chronicles of Narnia. I believe that the more original, imaginative stories the better as it enables children's imaginations to grow and it keeps magic in the world.

Spiderwick Chronicles is both inventive and fantastical and the visual effects were very good. I thought Freddie Highmore did a great job of acting the parts of both Jared and Simon Grace and I believe he is an actor to watch in the future. (You may remember he played Peter in Finding Neverland and Charlie in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory). All in all, I really enjoyed this film and even jumped out of my skin once or twice and squealed. I'd recommend this film to all lovers of children's fantasy and adventure stories.

a good movie,I liked it.it have very good special effects and the graphics are so very good even in some places it makes you amaized...

The Spiderwick Chronicles is a nifty little kid's film that parents alike may find enjoyable. The film is based on a pretty good series of books, each only 100-150 pages long. The five books in the series were divided into one film, but it didn't...
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The Spiderwick Chronicles is a nifty little kid's film that parents alike may find enjoyable. The film is based on a pretty good series of books, each only 100-150 pages long. The five books in the series were divided into one film, but it didn't make the same mistake as A Series of Unfortunate Events, that movie clogged three films into an hour and a half. This mostly takes the basic story and makes it into one day of adventure for Jared, Simon, and Malorie Grace. After moving in with their mom to the old run down Spiderwick estate, owned by their great great aunt, the three youngsters discover that there are magical creatures all around them. The "goblins" and "ogres" in this film aren't scary at all, and are just annoying ugly creatures, but I suppose that's good since this is just a kid's storybook fairytale film. Nick Nolte is more just like a cameo in this film, he's only in it for a few minutes, he plays the supposedly scary Mulgrath. Mary Louise Parker is pretty good here as the mom and David Straithan is impressive as Arthur Spiderwick. The "kryptonite" to these goblins is pretty stupid, what happened to silver bullets. Even with the large amount of tomatoe sauce in this movie, it's pretty good and parents will probably be able to stand it, and the kids will have a good time, so why not?