Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Germany, United States

2004

108 Min

Color, Black and White

1.85:1

English

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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EXEC Albie Hecht, Julia Pistor, Scott Rudin, Barry Sonnenfeld

PROD Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes, Jim Van Wyck, Scott Aversano, Minor Childers, Linda Fields, Michele Panelli-Venetis

SCR Daniel Handler, Robert Gordon

CAST Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Jude Law, Timothy Spall, Catherine O'Hara, Billy Connolly, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson, Luis Guzmán, Jamie Harris, Cedric the Entertainer

Lemony Snicket narrates the incidents of small children Baudelaire that newly have been orphan after being burnt its elegant mansion, heirs of a great fortune, suddenly its lives are wrapped in serious danger due to the Count’s greed who attempts by all possible means, to keep the great inheritance. The children pass this way to fall under the custody of kindred eccentrics relatives who are being eliminated by the evil Count Olaf. —IMDb

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Klara McSweeney

1Mar13

It seems that what this 2 hour long movie lacks in compelling story, grimness, and horror (and great female characters doing 2/3 of the work), it gains in annoying and gimmick. Watched this to revisit my favorite book series as a kid but I guess it ended in just another unfortunate event :( :( :(

Steve

29Dec12

I really liked Meryl Streep in this film.

StevO

25Aug12

Make up artists, costume and graphics designers have done an excellent job. Nevertheless the characters of Aiken and Browning are exceptionally stereotyped and mawkish, but you can say the same for all of them, only Streep's character gleams within the general mediocrity. Commercial cinema for children has produced much better products (1941's Dumbo f.e.) without being so unbearably pretentious.