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.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Freddie HighmoreJared Grace / Simon Grace
- Sarah BolgerMallory Grace
- David StrathairnArthur Spiderwick
- Mary-Louise ParkerHelen Grace
- Nick NolteMulgarath
- Joan PlowrightAunt Lucinda Spiderwick
- Andrew McCarthyRichard Grace
- Seth RogenHogsqueal (voice)
- Martin ShortThimbletack (voice)
- Jordy BenattarYoung Lucinda Spiderwick
Crew
- Mark WatersDirector
- John SaylesScreenplay
- Karey KirkpatrickScreenplay
- David BerenbaumScreenplay
- Caleb DeschanelDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Michael KahnEditor
- Karey KirkpatrickProducer
- Mark CantonProducer
- Ellen Goldsmith-VeinProducer
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