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Actors: Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte
Directors: Mark Waters
Writers: David Berenbaum, Holly Black, John Sayles, Karey Kirkpatrick, Tony DiTerlizzi
Producers: Cheryl A. Tkach, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
Format: AC-3, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number of discs: 1
Classification: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: 24 Jun 2008
Run Time: 96 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

ASIN: B0018QCXHI
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 93,710 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Too watered-down and cutesy, 29 Jun 2008

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This review is from: The Spiderwick Chronicles [DVD] [2008] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC] (DVD)

The Grace family (mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, and their foil bearing sister, Mallory,) a little economically down on their luck and recovering from a nasty divorce moves into a creaky old house left to them by their great aunt Lucinda Spiderwick (Joan Plowright.) Jared (Freddie Highmore plays Jared Grace/Simon Grace) finds Uncle Arthur Spiderwick's"Field Guide to Magical creatures. " This unleashes a plethora of creatures that what the field guide to help them gain their rightful place in the world. Unfortunately their place means the elimination of the Grace family. Naturally mob is oblivious to the threat until it is too real to ignore and too late.

The main theme to the story is of a dysfunctional family that must band together to survive the onslaught magical creatures. This results in each member understanding the other better; now they metamorphose to a co-dependent family.

The set of books that are really one story in five cauterize books of course present a more in-depth story where the children are more cunning and resourceful. There were many compromises as movies must make them to fit the media and time constraints. However some changes were not necessary and down right uncalled for. Hogsqueal the hobgoblin was changed from a cunning creature that changed sides at will until and if his true colors showed, to a squealy revengeful cartoon character.

I will not go into the other characters but also we are not told that the goblin's roasting spit is the family cat, leaving us to wonder if it was the Easter Bunny. And what is with the cuter walking off into the sunset type ending running a chivalrous exit.

Because Blu-ray is just a standard now and everything is made in it there is no reason to go in to the intricacies. The DVD extras are mostly rehashing the movie.

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