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Movie
description |
-Jim
Carrey
-Jude
Law
-Meryl
Streep
Directed
by
Brad
Siberling,
LEMONY
SNICKET'S
A
SERIES
OF
UNFORTUNATE
EVENTS
follows
the
Baudelaire
orphans--Violet
(Emily
Browning),
Klaus
(Liam
Aiken),
and
baby
Sunny
(played
by
twins
Kara
and
Shelby
Hoffman)--as
they
are
followed
by
the
wicked
Count
Olaf
(Jim
Carrey).
A
distant
relative
and
an
awful
actor,
Olaf
is
determined
to
claim
the
fortune
willed
to
Violet,
Klaus,
and
Sunny,
whose
parents
died
in a
mysterious
fire.
Enigmatic
author
Lemony
Snicket
(Jude
Law)
recounts
the
adventures
of
the
three
children
as
they
change
hands
from
the
conniving
Olaf
to
the
reptile-loving
Uncle
Monty
(Billy
Connolly)
to
Aunt
Josephine
(Meryl
Streep),
who
lives
in
fear
of
just
about
everything.
An
adaptation
that
condenses
the
first
three
books
in
the
series--THE
BAD
BEGINNING,
THE
REPTILE
ROOM,
and
THE
WIDE
WINDOW--into
one
installment,
the
film
captures
the
darkly
humorous
tone
of
the
popular
children's
novels
by
Lemony
Snicket
(AKA
Daniel
Handler).
Carrey
clearly
has
fun
with
his
intentionally
over-the-top
role
as
the
villain,
while
the
young
actors
embody
their
resourceful
characters
wonderfully.
The
true
star
of
the
film,
however,
may
be
the
production
design
of
Rick
Heinrichs
(SLEEPY
HOLLOW),
which
creates
a
visually
stunning
world
filled
with
gothic
mansions
and
ramshackle
houses.
By
keeping
the
heart
of
the
eccentric
books
intact,
A
SERIES
OF
UNFORTUNATE
EVENTS
proves
to
be
an
usually
inventive
and
quirky
Hollywood
film.
Portions
of
this
page
Copyright
1948-2006 Muze
Inc.
and
Muze
Europe
Ltd.
All
rights
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