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.
Practical Effects
Goblin designs are gloriously gross practical effects.
Acting
Highmore's twin acting still holds up—dude was 16!
Production
Spiderwick house is the real MVP, all creaks and secrets.
Director
Mark Waters
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
Tod Fennell
Helen's Co-Worker
Mariah Inger
Nurse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freddie Highmore filmed all Jared/Simon scenes twice with a tennis ball stand-in, then learned opposite himself. The technical term is 'acting against air and hoping.'
The film arrived at peak YA adaptation fever (2008 = Twilight, City of Ember, Golden Compass) but underperformed, killing planned sequels despite five books existing. We were robbed of Thimbletack's full arc.
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