Lemony Snicket's
A Series of Unfortunate Events

A Review by Daniel

Jim Carrey? For Count Olaf? I was not so sure about this... Don't get me wrong, Jim Carrey is a great actor, but as Count Olaf? Well as it turned out I worried worried for nothing! Carrey does an excellent job as Count Olaf, a distant relative of the Baudelaire orphans who is determined to get his hands on the Baudelaire family fortune even if it means killing one or more of the children.

For those of you not familiar with the Series of Unfortunate Events books the movie is based on that series written by Lemony Snicket. The books tell a very unfortunate story about three very unlucky children whose parents die in a tragic fire. The three children, Violet (the oldest), Klaus, and Sunny (the youngest) are then shipped from place to place as each of there new homes doesn't work out; partly because of their rotten luck and partly because of the efforts of Count Olaf.

This movie is a combination of the first three books in the series: The Bad Beginning, The Reptile Room, and The Wide Window. This was another factor I was unsure about. How were they going to successfully combine 3 books into a movie of good quality? And once again I worried for no reason. Overall the film is very good, true the books (although very summarized of course), and very unenjoyable (only readers of the books will get that last bit).

Rating: 4 Stars
MPAA: PG
Movie Length: 1 Hour 53 Minutes.
Creation Date: 2004
Director: Brad Silberling
Stars: Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning.
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