Gallery: The Spiderwick Chronicles

Director Mark Waters' richly satisfying adaptation of the popular American children's yarn leaves the movie versions of His Dark Materials and Narnia with it all to do. A fractured family move into a creepy old house and discover a parallel universe with its own perils. Fast-moving, visually beguiling and beautifully played, it's a sort of Pan's Labyrinth for more intellectually curious tweenies.