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.
- 6.7
- 2008
- Released
- 1h 35m
Freddie Highmore
Jared Grace / Simon Grace
Sarah Bolger
Mallory Grace
David Strathairn
Arthur Spiderwick
Mary-Louise Parker
Helen Grace
Nick Nolte
Mulgarath
Joan Plowright
Aunt Lucinda Spiderwick
Andrew McCarthy
Richard Grace
Seth Rogen
Hogsqueal (voice)
Martin Short
Thimbletack (voice)
Jordy Benattar
Young Lucinda Spiderwick
Lise Durocher-Viens
Mrs. Spiderwick
Tod Fennell
Helen's Co-Worker
Mariah Inger
NurseKyle Switzer
Additional Performer
Tyler Patrick Jones
Additional Performer
Ron Perlman
Red Cap (voice) (uncredited)
Released
en
$90,000,000.00
$164,200,000.00
- #sibling relationship
- #parent child relationship
- #elves
- #fairy
- #twin brother
- #family relationships
- #single mother
- #alternative reality
- #father daughter reunion
- #hidden truth
- #goblin
- #ogre
- #hidden room
- #magical creature
- #griffin
- #aging aunt
- #summoning spell
- #brother sister relationship
- #magic book
- #based on young adult novel
- #abandoned child
- #fairies
- #impending divorce
- #identical twins
Reviews
**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 st