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Wikipedia: "The Spiderwick Chronicles is a 2008 fantasy film adaptation of Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi's bestselling series of the same name. Set in the Spiderwick Estate in New England, it follows the adventures of Jared Grace and his family as they discover a field guide to faeries and battle goblins and other magical creatures. It was directed by Mark Waters and stars Freddie Highmore, Sarah Bolger, Martin Short, Nick Nolte, and Seth Rogen.
Though the film follows the basic storyline of the book series, it omits the majority of the plot of the fourth book, and there are several other differences. Simon and Jared, who are nine in the books, appeared older in the film, as actor Freddie Highmore was 14 at the time of filming. In the movie the Spiderwick house is surrounded by a protective circle not mentioned in the book series at all. Several locations were also changed: the final battle against Mulgarath took place in the Spiderwick estate, rather than Mulgarath's castle, and the tunnel under the estate was added. The Sylphs were originally Elves, and Lucinda leaving with them to live with Arthur was originally Arthur remaining on earth to turn to dust. In the series, when Simon was kidnapped, Mallory and Jared found and rescued him, but instead in the film, Jared saved Simon himself. In the series, Jared never cusses, but in the flim when Jared sees Simon getting dragged away by goblins, he says "What the hell?". Also the books take place of a course several weeks while the film takes place of a course of one day."
This film for the grade school audience was okay. I haven't read the books yet for comparison.
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