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

Tyler Patrick Jones

Ron Perlman

Caleb Deschanel

Karey Kirkpatrick

Holly Black

Mark Waters

James Horner

Tony DiTerlizzi

David Berenbaum

John Sayles

Nathalie Girard

Pascal Archambault Bouffard

France Raymond

Nicole Germain

Katina Waters

Gilbert Larose Jr.

Steve Jaworski

Carlos Huante

John Zdankiewicz

David A. Link

Daniel Bryant

Chris Halstead

Russ Sueyoshi

Charles Granich

Natalie Baillie

Colin Epstein

Michael Clemens

Satish Ratakonda

Mark Tamny

Brian Kalin O'Connell

Chris Gibbons

Jordan Schilling

Michael Kennen

Kristen Millette

Tom Rosseter

David Schnee

Steve Rawlins

Joe Bailey

Alan Boucek

Scott Hale

Shelley Campbell

Robert Bowen

Annie St-Pierre

Mark Coffey

Hélène Tessier

Josianne Mailloux

Alexis Robert

Philippe Duberger

Simon Asselin

Fred Berger

Sean Samuels

Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga

Dominique Gaglione D'Amico

Maxime Langlois

Denis Verrette

Alain Brochu

Patrick Chevrier

Dominic Gerard

Marco Légaré

Marc Tessier

Jacques Viennet

Yvan Francouer

Eva Quintero

Mathieu Gosselin

Spiro Tsovras

Tommy Guenette

Rejean Brochu

Lyssa J. Caster

Andy Sisul

Marianne Germain

Jocelyne Allard

Caroline Aquin

Bruno Gatien

Marie-France Guy

Adrien Morot

Marci Liroff

Joanna Johnston

Michael Kahn

James D. Bissell

Annick Chartier

Réjean Goderre

Kimi Webber

Steve Barnett

Julie Kane-Ritsch

Cheryl A. Tkach

Silenn Thomas

Jean-Pierre Paquet

Louis Piché

Patrick Crane

Sarah Broshar

Robin D. Cook

Helene Lamarre

Mark Binder

Tim Alexander

Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk

Peter J. Silbermann

Alan Howarth

Steven Woloshen

Ellen Goldsmith-Vein

Michael Lantieri

Marie-Elaine Bailly

Family

Adventure

Fantasy

Drama

The Spiderwick Chronicles

Paramount Pictures

The Kennedy/Marshall Company

United States of America

English

Filipe Manuel Neto

**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 a recently divorced woman moves with her children to a rustic house in the forest, which belongs to a great-aunt hospitalized as crazy. This house has been closed for a long time, there is salt on all the windows and an industrial amount of tomato sauce and honey in the kitchen pantry. Intriguing. It is quite evident from the beginning that the brothers get along badly, and that the youngest is very attached to his father and waits for him to return. And it is precisely he who begins to hear noises that convince him that there is something more in the house. He discovers a book with a dark warning, but still decides to read it, finding himself in the power of a series of hidden knowledge that should never have reached him, and that were collected eighty years earlier by a great-uncle, who disappeared without a trace.

Like I said, it's a good film and tells a good story. The characters are good, from the humans to the enchanted figures, and there's a lot of entertainment and creativity here. It didn't have a great reception in America, but it was a success in Europe and continues to appear on television from time to time. Directed by Mark Waters, who already has some experience in films for young people, but was far from being a name to consider from the outset, it has a good group of actors. Freddie Highmore shows talent and commitment, which opened many doors for him in the following years, and Irishwoman Sarah Bolger is not far behind. David Strathairn and Joan Plowright are the adult actors who deserve the most praise for their efforts here. Both were very good, and brought credible and adorably magical characters to life. Nick Nolte also makes a cameo appearance.

Technically, the film relies heavily on high-quality CGI, great visual impact and scenic effect. There's no doubt that there was a lot of money invested in the visuals and cinematography, and it paid off: the film doesn't feel unrealistic or overly fanciful. The enchanted objects and characters seem realistic, worthy of the credit we want to give them. The colors are magnificent, the light is ideal, the studio filming was well done and the house where the film takes place is visually magnificent, worthy of a fairy tale. James Horner provides the soundtrack in an effective but not memorable way.

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