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By Joshua Starnes (554) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 31 Mar 2011

What charm it does have rests largely on Highmore's shoulders…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for Time (1,811) on 25 Sep 2010

A decent entertainment -- not up there with the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings sagas, but a notch above The Golden Compass and Narnia…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 16 Apr 2010

Spiderwick is set in the present, but goes for an overall design look of dainty, cozy, William Morris-y arts-andcraftiness…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Feb 2010

A world designed for children, and most of the grownups involved don't quite understand it - on or offscreen…

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By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 13 Jan 2010

The obvious product of a corporate search for the next great fantasy franchise, this adaptation of the first in a series of popular children's…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 18 Jul 2009

The children's real world, or what passes for real in a fantasy, could hardly be more inviting, for reasons that are hardly mysterious: the…

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By Chris Bumbray (988) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 27 Feb 2009

Oh, great -- another kiddie fantasy film. How exciting…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 07 Nov 2008

We're supposed to be agog at the fantastical creatures and dazzling special effects…

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By Carina Chocano (358) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Nov 2008

Suffers slightly from that not-so-fresh feeling…

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By Tom Charity (192) for CNN.com (607) on 17 Oct 2008

The storytelling is economical and brisk. In some ways, Waters approaches it more as a pre-teen horror movie…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 17 Oct 2008

Enjoyable, well made children's fantasy adventure with likeable characters, impressive special effects and a decent script…

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By Pablo Villaça (1,590) for Cinema em Cena (1,589) on 16 Sep 2008

Como fábula, não é das mais originais, mas ainda assim tem seu charme em função do carisma de Higmore, dos bons efeitos visuais e do desfecho…

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By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Aug 2008

Meticulously rendered CGI creatures--from Arthur Rackham-esque flower sprites to a troll that could have sprung from Jurassic Park--spike this…

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By Bruce Bennett (577) for Spectrum (St. George, Utah) (575) on 18 Jul 2008

Seen through the eyes of a child, this adaptation my lack originality but is fast paced, contains enough fantasy to balance the family drama…

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By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 30 Jun 2008

Sacrifices its undercurrent of pain and abandonment to big-budget special effects…

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By Ryan Cracknell (408) for Movie Views (286) on 27 Jun 2008

Based on the series of five serial children's novels, The Spiderwick Chronicles is a hollow spectacle that's good for the action and effects…

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By Willie Waffle (1,383) for WaffleMovies.com (1,380) on 19 Jun 2008

Good enough to keep you and an older child entertained, but don't expect the next Harry Potter fever to emerge from this movie…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 18 Jun 2008

It's a good movie for its type, but it rarely stops to let us marvel at the world it creates…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for NewsBlaze (855) on 18 Jun 2008

Tosses together hobgoblins and home-alone latchkey kids with tomato sauce baggies as instruments of battle, bad parenting, and boy and girl…

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By Richard Knight (277) for Windy City Times (216) on 21 May 2008

At 97 minutes this not just a great Saturday matinee for 10 year-olds, but one for their indulgent parent(s) or handy dandy favorite gay relative/babysitter…

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