Spiderwick Chronicles - the Movie

Based on the best selling novel, The SpiderwickGuide. Try as he might to keep the book inside the
Chronicles is a story about the Grace family(Jared, hishouse Jared ignores him. Jared goes into the woods
twin brother Simon, sister Mallory and their mom) whoand finds a creature named Hogsqueal, a hobgoblin
move to a large home once owned by their greatwho is trying to find a way to kill Mulgurath and to
great uncle Arthur Spiderwick after their dad leavesavenge the family that the evil troll killed. Jared finds
the family. At first Jared doesn't like the house and isSimon and they are chased by an army of goblins
blamed for strange disappearences of medals, keyswho surround the house only to be disappointed that
and many different other things,but when he finds athey can't get in be cause of an invisible barrier. This
food transporter in the wall with all the missing thingsbarrier is shown to be made by Arthur to protect his
and a strange key in it, he decides to use thefamily from the goblins and Mulgarath.
transporter to find out where it leads to. He findsThe movie goes on with a search for Arthurs
himself in the workroom of Arthur Spiderwick.daughter Lucinda who was put in a sanitarium years
He searches the room with his flashlight and discoversago after goblins attacked her, a search for 125 year
an old trunk with some clothes and the book, 'Arthurold Arthur Spiderwick who is supposedly dead and the
Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical Worldbattle of their live including a lot of tomato sauce and
Around You', written by Arthur Spiderwick himself, withsalt. Also Jared goes into an emotional turmoil when he
it. Before reading the book he hears a noise behind himdiscovers that his dad din't leave them because he
and see's writing in the dust which says 'Jared Gracedidn't love Jared's mother. The kids and their mother all
leave this place'. On the book he finds a note writtendiscover the magical creatures with the help of a little
saying that whoever is to find this book was to faceHobgoblin spit and a seeing stone given to them by
the consequences. Jared opens the book despite theThimbletack.
note and spends the night reading it. Soon afterThis movie is fascinating to watch showing that in
opening the book strange things start happening to thepeoples life we all have the bad things and the good
Grace family and they all blame it on Jared. Soon hethings. Although it does not say this in the movie it
discovers a creature living in the study and his brothershows it with the goblins and sprites and the little
Simon is attacked by goblins.brownie Thimbletack who transforms into a boggart, or
The creature, a brownie named Thimbletack, tellsin other words, his bad side. Even though this movie is
Jared to leave the book in the house to protect it fromrated PG, I would recommend this for people 7 years
Mulgarath, an evil shapeshifting ogre who wants theand over.