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Roku’s ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Lacks the Excitement and Adventure of the Novels: TV Review
Based on the beloved children's book series, Roku's adaptation of "The Spiderwick Chronicles" has some solid themes but lacks whimsy and adventure.
There’s a lot of magic in “ The Spiderwick Chronicles.” Based on the acclaimed children’s fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, and adapted for television by Aron Eli Coleite, the TV show is full of mystical creatures like ogres, fetches and dragons. Following their parents’ divorce, the Grace siblings, Jared (Lyon Daniels), his twin brother Simon (Noah Cottrell) and their older sister Mallory (Mychala Lee), leave Brooklyn with their mother, Helen ( Joy Bryant), for a fresh start in Henson, Michigan. Jared learns a murderous ogre, Mulgarath, is the source of all of Henson’s woes, and that the diabolical monster is after his great-grandfather Arthur Spiderwick’s (Albert Jones) magical field guide, which has been divided up and hidden around the town.
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