Fantasy Movie 'All-Around Class Act'
THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES * * 1/2
This 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. The human characters are the main source of wonder here. The story follows a newly divorced mom and her kids as they move into a fanciful house surrounded by menacing goblins and an evil ogre (Nick Nolte) out to take over the world.
— David Germain, AP
This 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. The human characters are the main source of wonder here. The story follows a newly divorced mom and her kids as they move into a fanciful house surrounded by menacing goblins and an evil ogre (Nick Nolte) out to take over the world.
— David Germain, AP
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