The newest Spiderwick Chronicles adaptation really can’t beat the 16-year-old movie when it comes to critical reactions on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Summary
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The Spiderwick Chronicles
has a 38% score on Rotten Tomatoes. - While hoping to earn some positive attention on Roku, the show has failed to match the original’s 81% score.
- The show currently does not have an audience score, but critics have been exceptionally negative.
The new Spiderwick Chronicles show is facing a disastrous response on Rotten Tomatoes. The eight-episode season premiered on the Roku Channel and stars Lyon Daniels as Jared Grace, as he slowly begins to investigate a world filled with magical creatures. The show is based on the books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black and comes 16 years after the release of the 2008 The Spiderwick Chronicles movie.
While the Roku Channel had high hopes that The Spiderwick Chronicles could earn a season 2, critics have not praised the show. It has received a 38% score on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, which branded it with a Rotten designation. The 2008 movie retains its 81% Tomatometer score and a 63 percent audience score. The show currently does not have an audience score.
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Source: Rotten Tomatoes