After Grace’s family relocates to an out of the way ancient house of their great, great Uncle Arthur Spiderwick, they start to experience strange situations every day.
Fast-paced and filled with neat special effects, it's a sure kid-pleaser, albeit one that suffers from the very elements that make it go down so easily.
Cinema em Cena
September 17, 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 tocante.
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
February 27, 2009
Oh, great -- another kiddie fantasy film. How exciting!
What charm it does have rests largely on Highmore's shoulders. As family friendly fantasy movies go it's pretty solidly in the middle, its resolve to take no chances whatsoever keeping it from ever being more.
Young moviegoers will like the way the film empowers their cinematic peers in this battle of good against evil, though smaller children will probably be scared out of their wits.
