| Overall: | B+ |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
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| Video Release: | 23 Jun 2008 |
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| How We Determine Our Grades | |
The Spiderwick Chronicles is rated PG: for scary creature action and violence, peril and some thematic elements.
Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright,
Studio: Paramount Pictures
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Jared Grace (Freddie Highmore) is angry about everything. Lashing out in argumentative temper tantrums, the young teen protests his older sister Mallory's (Sarah Bolger) bossy attitude, his twin brother Simon's…
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Why Is The Spiderwick Chronicles Rated PG?
In the fantastical world that Arthur Spiderwick discovers there are various life forms, some are…
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