I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.

Decent kid's film. A bit slow but it's not a bad film.

full of entertaining, has a message.

Good childrens film.

A fairly good young cast and some nice effects mean this is a pretty enjoyable film. This film seems to struggle out of the starting blocks however, and never seems to really get going. It is a shame as the story and cast are quite strong. "The Spiderwick Chronicles" sets a good standard for childrens fantasy adventure but is not exciting or grandious enough to be a really good film.

The film very effectively captures the feel of the book. All the performances were good and Freddy Highmore does a wonderful job portraying two distinctly different twins. The special effects were appropriate and captured the imagination of the books. The film is a wonderful family film that will captivate adults and kids alike.

That's it, we don't need anymore "kids find magical world" movies. This is as decent as they're going to get.

It only takes few pages of the book to realize how much improving this movie needs. It's sad how screenwriters always want to put every detail of the book into the movie and they lose the plot somewhere in that process.

An fantasy in the vein of Narnia and Harry Potter, Spiderwick Chronicles creates an engaging and unique world scattered with strong characters and imaginative settings.

A little too childish.

I thought this was pretty interesting visually and does try to work some backstory in, but boring in parts.

"Fatherless children are the order of the day, but the film develops this theme no more than the absolute minimum, instead content to stage swordfights and races-against-time between its plucky child protagonists and their monstrous enemies." - Nick Schager