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The Spiderwick Chronicles

Movie·2008·Family, Adventure, Fantasy·1h 35m·6.7 (2,870)·Directed by Mark Waters

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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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Freddie HighmoreFreddie HighmoreJared Grace / Simon GraceSarah BolgerSarah BolgerMallory GraceDavid StrathairnDavid StrathairnArthur SpiderwickMary-Louise ParkerMary-Louise ParkerHelen GraceNick NolteNick NolteMulgarathJoan PlowrightJoan PlowrightAunt Lucinda SpiderwickAndrew McCarthyAndrew McCarthyRichard GraceSeth RogenSeth RogenHogsqueal (voice)

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