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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Bias Rating
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Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.9
The Spiderwick Chronicles poster

Overview

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.


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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Female Combat: Yes

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Paramount+ logoParamount+
Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Center

Primary

The film's core conflict is a classic fantasy adventure combined with a family drama, neither of which carries a strong inherent political valence. Its focus on universal themes of personal growth, family bonds, and the battle between good and evil prevents it from aligning with a specific political ideology.

The movie features a predominantly traditional cast with no explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative centers on a fantastical adventure and does not include any critical portrayals of traditional identities or explicit DEI themes.

Secondary

The film features Mallory Grace, a human character, who repeatedly uses her fencing skills and sword to successfully fight and defeat multiple male-coded goblin creatures in direct physical confrontations throughout the film.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is a fantasy adventure film that does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses entirely on the Grace family's encounter with magical creatures, resulting in no portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements.

The Spiderwick Chronicles is a fantasy adventure film that does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative focuses on children discovering a hidden world of magical creatures, with no elements related to transgender identity or experiences.

The film adaptation faithfully portrays the main characters from the book series, including Jared, Simon, Mallory, Arthur Spiderwick, and Mulgarath, with their original canonical genders. No character established as one gender in the source material is depicted as a different gender in the movie.

All primary characters in the 2008 film adaptation, including the Grace children and the Spiderwick family, are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their depiction in the original book series.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

6.9

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.5
The Movie Database logo
6.7

Critic Ratings

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8.1
Metacritic logo
6.2

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