THE SPIDERWICK CHRONICLES (2008) *1/2 Fairly run of the mill hobgoblin and fairy…yarn. We've been so inundated with this stuff that it's difficult to get too excited about the mystical creatures. There's nothing wrong with the actors, and it all looks nice, but the story line is just too pedestrian and too like too much that's been put out over the past few years. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cute when it wants to be cute, and ugly when it wants to be ugly…there are certainly worse things to do with your time, but damning by faint endorsement is probably the most it's going to get out of me.
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