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Published On: Oct 08, 2008 10:45 PM
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Published On: Oct 08, 2008 10:45 PM
"The Spiderwick Chronicles" Review
The Professor gives it a
C. 
IMDB plot outline: 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.
Lest you think that my life is a vast ocean of angst and depression, there are occasional islands of delight. Last Friday, for example, I took myself on an Artist's Date. I stayed in downtown Pasadena after my work day ended; I had a delicious if inexpensive meal at Rubio's. I found a pair of warm, fuzzy slippers on closeout at DSW.
Then my island of delight ended at the shark-infested waters of "Spiderwick."
Ho-hum. The Kid With Serious Behavior Problems Saves His Family And The World (tm). A pity that some decent performances and excellent animation were wasted on this bow-wow of a script. I was trying to look at my watch before I was 20 minutes into the film (I think; my glow-in-the-dark watch needs repair, darn it.)
I should have known what I was in for the moment I saw that Nickelodeon was one of the production companies. It would have made a decent TV movie. Only the animation saves this from being a D. But unless your taste runs to "How DID they animate the Sylphs?" I'd suggest giving this a pass.
IMDB plot outline: 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.
Lest you think that my life is a vast ocean of angst and depression, there are occasional islands of delight. Last Friday, for example, I took myself on an Artist's Date. I stayed in downtown Pasadena after my work day ended; I had a delicious if inexpensive meal at Rubio's. I found a pair of warm, fuzzy slippers on closeout at DSW.
Then my island of delight ended at the shark-infested waters of "Spiderwick."
Ho-hum. The Kid With Serious Behavior Problems Saves His Family And The World (tm). A pity that some decent performances and excellent animation were wasted on this bow-wow of a script. I was trying to look at my watch before I was 20 minutes into the film (I think; my glow-in-the-dark watch needs repair, darn it.)
I should have known what I was in for the moment I saw that Nickelodeon was one of the production companies. It would have made a decent TV movie. Only the animation saves this from being a D. But unless your taste runs to "How DID they animate the Sylphs?" I'd suggest giving this a pass.
Posted: Mon - February 18, 2008 at 11:10 PM | | | | |