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Watch: The Spiderwick Chronicles 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – Once upon a time, upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother Helen (Mary-Louise Parker), twin brothers Jared (Freddie Highmore) and Simon Grace (Freddie Highmore), along with their sister Mallory (Sarah Bolger), find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of fairies and other creatures. Unable to explain the strange disappearances and accidents that seem to be happening on a daily basis, the family blames it all on Jared. When he, Simon, and Mallory investigate what’s really going on, they uncover the fantastic truth of the Spiderwick estate and of the creatures that inhabit it..
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.
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Ratings:

	6.5/10 Votes: 96,897
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	62/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 2262 Popularity: 26.158 | TMDB

Reviews:

Their World Is Closer Than You Think
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.

I’ve made up a theory: People who have read books that are turned into movies will be more harsh to judge the films unlike people who see movies without reading the book. I think this theory is right. I was disappointed by Harry Potter 5 at first, but watching it now for a year later and nearly forgetting about the book, I found it the best in the series.

The same might as well go with this film. I was disappointed. If you don’t know, this film is based on 5 books. However, the movie ignores the 4th book, which is probably because of budget issues and/or limited running time. Still, I can’t help but complain. There could’ve been more creative production designs to see, more action, and more magical creatures.

Apart from that, I felt that the film was well put together, especially the fact that they skipped a lot in the books. The special effects are very good, as well as the action scenes. I also may feel this film pushed the PG rating. It certainly is not as intense as Harry Potter 3 but there might be about 2 to 3 scenes that could make this film a PG-13 rating.

The performances here are decent, although not captivating. The film may be a bit fast paced, if you asked me. Overall, this is a decent adaption to another fantasy book. If you have read the books, you might be disappointed. If you have not, enjoy it.

Childish fantasy film, a bit too juvenile for my liking.
The Spiderwick Chronicles starts as single mother Helen Grace (Mary-Louise Parker) & her two twin boys Simon & Jared (both played by Freddie Highmore) & her teenage daughter Mallory (Sarah Bolger) arrive at the old rundown country house left to her by her great-great grandfather Arthur Piderwick (David Strathairn) who mysteriously disappeared eighty years ago. As soon as the family move in strange things start to happen, objects start to go missing & Jared hears noises in the wall. Jared explores the house & finds a secret attic where he also finds a leather bound book written by Arthur Spiderwick with warnings not to open or read it but Jared does anyway. Titled ‘Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You’ the book is a collection of all known information compiled by Spiderwick about magical creatures like faeries, trolls & goblins that exist all around us but are invisible to humans. An evil Orge named Mulgarath wants the book in order learn it’s secrets & take over the world…

Directed by Mark Waters this childish fantasy film was obviously made on the back of other successful epic fantasy adventures based on books such as The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter & The Chronicles of Narnia & for me wasn’t anything special & as an adult didn’t really appeal to me all that much. Thus far there has been five Spiderwick Chronicle books written by Holly Black & illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi beginning with The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Field Guide (2003), to be honest before watching The Spiderwick Chronicles I had no idea it was based on a series of books & this simply failed to capture my imagination. The main human character’s are dull, the kid with anger problems who seems to want to feel sorry for himself all the time & want everyone else to feel sorry for him get on my nerves, the mother has little screen time while the sister & brother are merely there to get into trouble & help out occasionally. The creatures are alright but the bad guy’s are defeated a bit too easily (including one of the worst send offs for a main villain ever) while the friendly creatures are mostly played for (failed) laughs & I just found the whole affair rather bland going, at an hour & a half it moves along at a reasonable pace but it’s pretty repetitive & it’s a little bit too safe as the character’s are never put in much peril & the evil monsters never seemed to pose much threat or menace. As well as a rather complicated fantasy based plot the script tries to raise a few social issues like how parent separation affects children, anger management issues & trust but it never made made much of a meaningful impact for me. I suppose The Spiderwick Chronicles might appeal to younger kids but the cuteness of it, the safeness & predictability of it made it a bit of a chore for me to sit through & there’s a horribly sentimental happy ever after ending that I could have done without. Overall The Spiderwick Chronicles is alright if your under seven years old but maybe it’s not one for the adults, like me.

With a predictably big budget one would expect spectacular CGI effects work & while it’s alright it never amazes, there’s a huge flying Griffin which looks good & the Ogre Mulgarath in his true form at the end looks good too but otherwise all the creatures are quite cuddly & cute with maybe a line in toy’s in mind. The CGI is alright but never outstanding, while watching The Spiderwick Chronicles I didn’t have a clue that both Jared & Simon were played by the same actor which I presume meant the makers uses CGI & split screen techniques to have them both on the screen together.

With a supposed budget of about $90,000,000 I am sure the studio was thinking about a possible series but I doubt there will be anymore, or at least anymore mega budget Hollywood productions. Filmed in Montréal in Québec in Canada, the production values are glossy & polished as one would expect. The acting is alright, nothing special but alright with Nick Nolte making a small cameo appearance.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is a typical childish fantasy epic that didn’t work for me, the effects are alright but not amazing & the plot failed to capture my imagination which was the real killer. Not terrible if your under ten but not very good either & any adults out there might want to just leave the kids to watch it on their own.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 36 min (96 min), 1 hr 47 min (107 min) (unrated)
Budget 90000000
Revenue 164170327
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Mark Waters
Writer Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, John Sayles
Actors Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn
Country United States
Awards 2 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, SDDS, DTS, Sonics-DDP (IMAX version)
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision Primo Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA, EFILM Digital Laboratories, Hollywood (CA), USA (digital intermediate)
Film Length 2,616 m (Sweden), 2,645 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Vision2 500T 5218)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383), 70 mm (horizontal) (IMAX DMR blow-up) (Kodak Vision 2383), D-Cinema