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14/02/2008 Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama 1h 35m
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Their world is closer than you think.

Overview

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.

  1. Mark Waters

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Freddie Highmore

    Jared Grace / Simon Grace

  2. Sarah Bolger

    Mallory Grace

  3. David Strathairn

    Arthur Spiderwick

  4. Mary-Louise Parker

    Helen Grace

  5. Nick Nolte

    Mulgarath

  6. Joan Plowright

    Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick

  7. Andrew McCarthy

    Richard Grace

  8. Seth Rogen

    Hogsqueal (voice)

  9. Martin Short

    Thimbletack (voice)

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2023-09-13
**This fantasy film deserves our sympathy and attention.**

This is a good film to watch with the family because it will easily appeal to young people and adults alike. However, I think it never received the attention it deserved, perhaps due to the fact that it was released at a time when the fantasy genre was dominated by a group of other much stronger and more relevant films. The film also strives to show the hidden side of knowledge as something dangerous, less than desirable, following the logic of “there are things we simply shouldn’t know”.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$90,000,000.00

Revenue
$164,200,000.00

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