Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

    Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
    2004

    Synopsis

    Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.

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    Cast

    • Emily BrowningViolet Baudelaire
    • Liam AikenKlaus Baudelaire
    • Jim CarreyCount Olaf / Dr. Stephano / Captain Sham
    • Meryl StreepJosephine Anwhistle
    • Jude LawLemony Snicket (voice)
    • Kara HoffmanSunny Baudelaire
    • Shelby HoffmanSunny Baudelaire
    • Timothy SpallMr. Poe
    • Billy ConnollyDr. Montgomery Montgomery
    • Luis GuzmánBald Man

    Recommendations

    • 80

      Newsweek

      Pretty charming. Audiences may like it more than critics, but everyone should agree it's one of the most wickedly stylish movies of the year.
    • 80

      Empire

      Silberling does a good job of introducing Snicket to the big screen in an impressive adaptation that’s always smart, even if it’s rarely spectacular.
    • 75

      ReelViews

      Manages to remain witty throughout.
    • 70

      Variety

      Snicket's macabre tale of three newly orphaned siblings has been lavishly visualized. But for all its elaborate splendor, production pic lacks the feeling and imagination that have distinguished the best recent kidpics.
    • 70

      The A.V. Club

      At its best, A Series Of Unfortunate Events is the stuff nightmares are made of, a sick joke of a film that realizes the best children's entertainment doesn't hide from the bleaker side of life, but plunges into the void and respects kids enough to assume they can handle it.
    • 70

      Dallas Observer

      Just might be Jim Carrey's finest screen role...The rest of the movie, however, isn't quite up to Carrey's level.
    • 60

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Devolves into a repetitive comedy that squanders a hugely talented cast.
    • 60

      The New York Times

      Mr. Silberling has made a movie that's far rougher in texture and tone than Mr. Handler's books, but while he doesn't have the author's sense of whimsy (or irony) he manages to construct a pleasantly watchable entertainment in all the spaces in the story not laid siege to by Mr. Carrey.

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