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February 15, 2008
At the Movies: Reality trumps fantasy in ‘Spiderwick Chronicles’
By DAVID GERMAIN
AP Movie Writer
AP Movie Writer
| THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES |
 Director: Mark Waters Cast: Mary-Louise Parker, Freddie Highmore, Nick Nolte, Sarah Bolger, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Martin Short, Seth Rogen Rating: PG for scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elements Running time: 96 minutes |
“The Spiderwick Chronicles” may not be in the same fantasy league as the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and J.K. Rowling. Yet the family flick based on the books of Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black is an all-around class act, even if its world of ogres and goblins is a bit stale in the wake of its more ambitious cousins in the over-the-rainbow genre.
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