MOVIE REVIEW

The Spiderwick Chronicles / 2008

Name: The Spiderwick Chronicles
Director: Mark Waters
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2008
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 6.7

Their world is closer than you think.

6.7 / 10 (2,825 votes)

95 minutes

DIRECTOR Mark Waters

WRITERS John Sayles, Karey Kirkpatrick, David Berenbaum

CAST Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, Andrew McCarthy, Seth Rogen, Martin Short, Jordy Benattar, Lise Durocher-Viens, Tod Fennell, Mariah Inger, Jeremy Lavalley, Kyle Switzer

PRODUCTION Paramount Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Nickelodeon Movies

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Sinopsis

The Spiderwick Chronicles adalah sebuah Family, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama yang dirilis pada tahun 2008. “Their world is closer than you think.” Film ini disutradarai oleh Mark Waters dan dibintangi oleh Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte.

The Spiderwick Chronicles menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, The Spiderwick Chronicles menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, The Spiderwick Chronicles adalah Family yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

Last Updated: April 28, 2026

COMMUNITY REVIEWS FROM TMDB

Filipe Manuel Neto 9/10

September 13, 2023

**This fantasy film deserves our sympathy and attention.** This is a good film to watch with the family because it will easily appeal to young people and adults alike. However, I think it never received the attention it deserved, perhaps due to the fact that it was released at a time when the fantasy genre was dominated by a group of other much stronger and more relevant films. The film also strives to show the hidden side of knowledge as something dangerous, less than desirable, following the logic of “there are things we simply shouldn’t know”. The story begins when...

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CinemaSerf 7/10

December 22, 2025

This doesn’t exactly get off to a flying start as siblings “Jared” and “Simon” (Freddie Highmore) arrive at a rundown house with their elder sister “Mallory” (Sarah Bolger) and the mum (Mary-Louise Parker). There is no sign of their absentee dad/husband (Andrew McCarthy) so we are left to assume the worst about his commitment to his family. Of course then there is the usual familial petulance, door slamming and stropping as nobody really wants to live in the ramshackle joint. Luckily, from now on the film diverges away from family melodrama as things start going bump inside the walls and...

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