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The Spiderwick Chronicles

Their world is closer than you think.

Anything Harry can do, I can do better...

Based on the popular children's series of books, the first movie in the franchise introduces us to the two twins and their older sister, who have recently moved with their divorced mom into a very old abandoned family home. One of the twins discovers an old book, and, ignoring warnings, opens it and begins to read. This action causes the mysterious creatures living in the house and surrounding woods to be attracted and visible, leading the siblings into adventure and danger.

100 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 10 (Violence)
Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller.

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Credits
Cast	Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Mary-Louise Parker, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, voices of Nick Nolte, Seth Rogen
Director	Mark Waters
Screenplay	Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum, John Sayles, based on the books by Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black
Music	James Horner
Cinematography	Caleb Deschanel
Editing	Michael Kahn
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS, Sonics-DDP
Soundtrack	Not available
Made in	2008
Produced by	The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies, Spiderwick Productions, Gotham Group, Mark Canton Productions
SA Distributor	UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Fantasy, adventure
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild low impact fantasy violence, psychological threat
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Warning: Low impact psychological threat — parental advisement and mature accompaniment required.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith	15
Cape TimesCarino Chocano	10
iAfrica.comRebekah Kendal	15
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
24.comIvan Sadler	10
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	18
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	15
ScreenIt (USA)	12
Metacritic.com30 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com111 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	16
Internet (IMDB)2650 Netizens	14

Average .. 69%	13

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