When I walked outside the cinema today I felt like I was leaving a magic world only to return to the reality around me. This on itself may hint you that I truly enjoyed the fantasy tale called The Spiderwick Chronicles and my review about it is going to be a positive one.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is based on books by American authors Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.The plot follows the adventures of nine-year-old twins Jared and Simon and their 13-year-old sister Mallory, whohave moved to the rundown Spiderwick Estate with their mother. In a hidden room Jared discoverers a book and being curious about its contents he decides to open it regardless of of the warning note stuck to it:

Any boy would do that -- as such notes or signs are usually stuck at the most interesting places.

Inside the books pages Jared discovers that complete guide to the magical invisible world or “Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You”.

Freddie Highmore is the big star in the movie and oh my… he stares in two roles -- the ones of the identical twins Jared and Simon . Once again I was amazed by his talent as he successfully crated a distinct personality for both characters. ( the movie makes made sure that the viewer was able to make a clear distinction between the twins -- using different styles and haircuts …but in my opinion that was not really necessary as I am sure that many people won`t even notice that its the same actor -- just as TheBachelorGirl wrote in her blog).

Fairies, griffins, goblins, ogres and trolls populate the magical word which according by Arthur Spiderwick exist in parallel with our own All those creatures are said to be invisible to the human eye -- unless they want to be seen or are seen with the help of special round stone ( another method is getting spit upon by a friendly goblin ) . There are good and bad ones and to combat with the bad ones everyday items such as tomato sauce gets used. In fact at times the movie looks like a big Heinz Ketchup commercial ( o :

…the Freddies are always worth watching. They should be cloned -- to serve as permanent role models for the inner child in all of us. {l}

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Official movie site (link) IMDB page (link)

Note ( this review is not completed yet )