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本片根据哈里·布莱克和托尼·蒂特利兹的同名畅销小说改编。故事围绕格里斯家的三姐弟展开——9岁大的双胞胎兄弟杰瑞和西蒙(弗莱迪·海默饰)，跟着母亲 (玛丽·露易斯·帕克饰)和13岁的姐姐玛洛丽(莎拉·布罗格饰)，来到蒙特利尔乡下的一栋神秘的大房子里安顿下来。父母刚刚离婚的阴影，使三个孩子在的静谧的田园生活中倍感无聊，但随着一件件奇异事件的发生，三人才发现他们的生活其实并不如他们想象的那样简单。 兄弟两竖起耳朵，会听见房间的墙壁里不时地传出蟋蟋娑娑的怪声；玛洛丽睡在床上，头发竟会被一双看不见的手绑在床头；母亲的厨房也被某种神秘力量拨弄得一片狼籍 ……
幕后花絮：
身为当今英国最被看好的童星之一，已在影坛闯荡了五个年头的弗莱迪·海默，实际年龄远比他的长相要大得多——如果未曾打探过他的身家底细，你绝对想象不到这个满脸雀斑、细胳膊嫩腿的孩子，在本片上映当天恰好迎来了他的16岁生日。不过，海默偏嫩的长相却与其驾轻就熟的老辣演技又并不匹配，2004年在那部令人惊艳的《寻找梦幻岛》中，甚至抢走了大戏精约翰尼·德普和凯特·温斯莱特的风头，一举拿下美国洛杉矶影评协会、广播影评人协会和奇幻电影节的杰出童星奖。之后，海默已不可阻挡的气势，连续出演了蒂姆·波顿的《查理巧克力工厂》、吕克·贝松的《亚瑟与迷你墨王国》以及特效大片《黄金罗盘》。简言之，如果没有“哈利·波特”丹尼尔·雷德格里夫势头太劲，海默将当之无愧地成为好莱坞银幕曝光率最高的童星。不过，尽管表演经验已经相当丰富，但当海默接到《奇幻精灵事件簿》的邀请时，还是被吓得寒毛倒立——一人分饰双胞胎对他来说确实不是件容易的事：“导演马克大叔简直要把我逼疯！”因为在片场，他总要站在两个不同的位置演绎同一场戏，眼神的传递和说话的语气容不得半点偏差，以至于海默每天收工时，都要反复告诉自己：“我既不是杰瑞也不是西蒙，我只是弗莱迪·海默……
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There are two kinds of fantasy adventures—those that take place in another world (The Lord of the Rings, The Golden Compass), and those in which the fantasy world exists parallel to and often spills into our own (The Chronicles of Narnia, Pan's Labyrinth).The Spiderwick Chronicles, which embeds spiritual truth in the guise of mythology, belongs in the latter category. Much more fantastical and far more handsome than the trailers reveal,The Spiderwick Chroniclesis a thrilling adventure for children of all ages.
The Grace family could use a little grace of their own. Dad has run off with another woman and is seeking a divorce, something Mom Helen (Mary-Louise Parker) is trying to hide for as long as possible from her twin sons, Jared and Simon (both played by Freddie Highmore). While Simon is gentle and compassionate, Jared is short tempered and given to bouts of destructive anger. Unable to process his family's disintegration, Jared is taking it out on those who love him the most.
 Sarah Bolger as Mallory, and Freddie Highmore as her twin brothers Simon and Jared  |
Desperate for a new start on life, Helen moves the family from New York to the secluded Spiderwick Estate in rural Vermont, once owned by her great, great uncle Arthur Spiderwick. Peculiar things begin to occur the moment the Graces step into the spooky Victorian mansion—they're bedeviled by strange disappearances, bumps in the night and mischievous attacks on Mallory Grace (Sarah Bolger). And all accusatory fingers are pointed in Jared's direction.
Out to prove his innocence, Jared stumbles upon a secret room that contains "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You," a book with a dire warning: to read it is to invite certain death. LikeJumanji, it is not a question ofif, butwhenJared will crack Pandora's box. Partly out of rebelliousness and partly out of a reasonable incredulity, Jared delves into the book. Inside, written in Arthur Spiderwick's own hand, is a primer to a magical universe that exists, invisible, all around us. While his uncle speaks of befriending many of the otherworldly creatures there, he also warns that a malevolent, shape-shifting ogre known as Mulgarath seeks the knowledge to be found within the book's pages and plans on using it to enslave both the magical and the human realm.
Soon the Grace children's eyes are opened to the fantastic truths within the book and the enchanted creatures that inhabit the Spiderwick Estate alongside them. It isn't long before Mulgarath and his goblin army turn all their dark energies to wresting the book from the house and destroying all inside its walls.
 Jared travels to another dimension with Arthur Spiderwick (David Strathairn) |
It should come as no surprise thatSpiderwickis being executive produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, the husband and wife team responsible for most of Steven Spielberg's most enduring films. No surprise, becauseSpiderwick, directed by Mark Waters, is rife with Spielbergian touchstones—a dysfunctional family, an absent father, a supernatural world stocked with fantastical creatures seeping into our own, childlike wonderment, and an imminent confrontation that can be won only by the innocent might of a child.
Spiderwickis a narrative compression of the beloved, best-selling series of books by author Holly Black and illustrator Tony Diterlizzi. It is made in the best tradition of superb children's fantasy, evoking "A Wrinkle in Time," "Peter Pan," "The Wizard of Oz," "Alice in Wonderland," and, most recently, the Harry Potter books. WhileSpiderwicklacksPan's Labyrinth's exquisite elegance and sinister poetry, the comparisons are inevitable and well deserved.
Spiderwickis something of a gamble. Trying to catch lighting in bottle rarely works, but that is exactly what Paramount Studios is trying to do in capitalizing on the magic (and profitability) of such fantasy juggernauts asThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy and theHarry Potterfranchise. Just last Christmas, New Line's similar attempt failed when its sprawling and expensive children's fantasy epic,The Golden Compass, opened to a disappointing box office and even more dismal reviews. Luckily,The Spiderwick Chroniclesis superior in nearly every way.
 Hogsqueal (voiced by Seth Rogen) helps Jared spy on the wicked creatures |
Excised of the religious and political baggage that coursed like subterranean tributaries throughCompass,Spiderwick'sstory is far more basic and trouble-free—the invisible, enchanted world, like the human world, contains both beauty and ugliness, both good and evil. And like our world, evil will stop at nothing to achieve dominion. If the natural world does not rise up, evil will envelop not only the supernatural world, but the natural world as well. Sound familiar?
It would be easy to read spiritual analogies intoSpiderwick, and they are there, intentionally or not. The supernatural world, which overlaps our own, is as real as the natural world. And in this world is a force for wickedness thatprowls around, "seeking whom it may devour."
"For we are not fighting against people made of flesh and blood, but against the evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world," wrote Paul inEphesians, spelling out the plot ofSpiderwickin surprising detail, "against those mighty powers of darkness who rule this world, and against wicked spirits in the heavenly realms." Despite the consternation and disbelief of many inSpiderwickand in real life, just because we can't see a thing, does not mean that it does not exist.
 The evil Mulgarath (voiced by Nick Nolte) |
Consistently thinking he knows best—despite the urgent pleas and warnings of others—Jared is cinematic proof that you can't make a film about the dangers of reckless disobedience without first showing that disobedience in action. Jared is a difficult protagonist to appreciate at first. Hotheaded and defiant, his frequent outbursts and bouts of destructive anger make him more anti-hero than hero. We understand and empathize with the root causes of his antagonism, even as we disapprove of how he expresses them. ButSpiderwickisn't interested in leaving Jared unchanged. By film's end, Jared is an altered young man. He has witnessed first hand that there are consequences to his actions and that those consequences not only harm him but frequently those he loves most.
The film also reveals that ignorance and obstinacy are not found only in the young. Arthur Spiderwick, we discover, once had a chance to destroy his creation, thus denying Mulgarath the power he sought. But Spiderwick was prideful and unwilling to part with his work. The result was the imperiling of an entire world and the loss of his daughter. Arthur Spiderwick is what Jared could have become had he not ultimately decided to throw his tenacity and drive behind protecting others rather than himself.
Director Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday) impressively balances both the reality and the fantasy elements inSpiderwick, creating a world suffused with daunting adventure, considerable humor and touching humanity. Highmore, still as winsome as when audiences first fell in love with him inFinding Neverland, continues to impress as he ages. Here, he pulls double duty as twins and, along with his across-the-pond co-star, Bolger, nails a flawless American accent. The lively CGI sprites, hobgoblins, trolls and slobbering ogres mesh seamlessly with the film's naturalistic, painterly cinematography. James Horner turns in the sort of pitch perfect, if self-plagiarized fantasy score, for which he is famous.
The Spiderwick Chroniclesis an enjoyable adventure fantasy that is sure to cast a spell over its audiences. But just as importantly, it weaves a story that resonates with spiritual truth.
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