Mobile Gaming Expert

First of all - I haven't watched the Spiderwick movie yet, and I don't know if I ever will - I'm a little out of the age group it's targeted at. So I'm going to tell you about the game as such, not as a work based on the movie.
It seems that after point and click adventure games almost died out on PC, they've found a new life on mobile phones. After the BEAUTIFUL Leisure suit Larry: Love for sail game, that I probably won't get to review because it's almost an year old now, here comes Spiderwick.
The game is an old school adventure where you can change between the three characters you control (Anyone remember Day of the tentacle? Probably not), combine items and do puzzles. It has a half decent graphics and sound (some elements are great but some are not even near it) and is basically aimed for the younger audience as is the movie.
Since it is an adventure game it has a lot of dialogues and that makes it something you probably don't want to play while you're on the bus. It's good for more reader-friendly environments though and you'll probably enjoy it while sitting on the sofa at home if you like this type of games.
The main problem of this title is it's fairly scripted and not always in the good way. Sometimes you feel like playing a hardcore game from the not so distant past, and then suddenly you get a hint, ruining all the suspense. I understand that the younger audience should get some help since they probably weren't even born when this type of games were HOT on PC, but the hint thing... come on, couldn't you just put an option to turn it off in the menu? Other developers got to that idea years ago...
This being said, the game is still a pretty nice adventure, especially if you're a kid, or you just don't like thinking too hard on the puzzles.

Graphic and sound 7/10
Gameplay      6/10
Value for money   6/10
Novelty          8/10
Total          7/10

The bottom line - good for the kids and people that hate thinking too much.