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affirm the overall message of this film. For children who may suffer
at the hands of adults, as the Bauedelaire children most definitely
do, this movie assures them that what might at first seem like a series
of unfortunate events may actually be the beginning of a beautiful
journey. |
(2004) Film Review |
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This page was last updated on
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—Overview
—Review by Kevin
Miller
—Trailers, Photos
—Spiritual Connections
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| CREDITS |
|  Directed
by Brad Silberling
Books
by Daniel Handler
Screenplay by Robert Gordon
Cast
(in credits order)
Jim Carrey .... Count Olaf
Meryl Streep .... Aunt Josephine
Jude Law .... Lemony Snicket (voice)
Emily Browning .... Violet Baudelaire
Liam Aiken .... Klaus Baudelaire
Kara Hoffman .... Sunny
Shelby Hoffman .... Sunny
Timothy Spall .... Mr. Poe
Billy Connolly .... Uncle Monty
Luis Guzmán .... Bald Man
Jennifer Coolidge .... White Faced Woman #1
Jane Adams .... White Faced Woman #2
Craig Ferguson .... Person of Indeterminate Gender
Jamie Harris .... Hook-Handed Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Cedric the Entertainer .... Detective
Rosemary Garris .... Wedding guest
Alan Heitz .... Police Photographer
Michael Earl Lane .... Ferry Boat Captain
Hannah Lochner .... Darcy
Catherine O'Hara .... Justice Strauss
Deborah Theaker .... Mrs. Poe
 Produced
by
Scott Aversano .... co-producer
Minor Childers .... co-producer
Albie Hecht .... executive producer
Laurie MacDonald .... producer
Walter F. Parkes .... producer
Julia Pistor .... executive producer
Scott Rudin .... executive producer
Barry Sonnenfeld .... executive producer
Jim Van Wyck .... executive producer
Original Music by Thomas Newman
Cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki
Film Editing by Dylan Tichenor
MPAA: Rated PG for thematic
elements, scary situations and brief language.
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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| TRAILERS
AND CLIPS |
| —Trailers,
Photos |
| CD |
Lemony
Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Various Artists - 2004
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| BOOK |
The
Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, Book 1)
by Lemony Snicket
Make no mistake. The Bad Beginning begins badly for the three Baudelaire
children, and then gets worse. Their misfortunes begin one gray day
on Briny Beach when Mr. Poe tells them that their parents perished
in a fire that destroyed their whole house. "It is useless for
me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt
in the time that followed," laments the personable (occasionally
pedantic) narrator, who tells the story as if his readers are gathered
around an armchair on pillows. But of course what follows is dreadful.
The children thought it was bad when the well-meaning Poes bought
them grotesque-colored clothing that itched. But when they are ushered
to the dilapidated doorstep of the miserable, thin, unshaven, shiny-eyed,
money-grubbing Count Olaf, they know that they--and their family fortune--are
in real trouble. Still, they could never have anticipated how much
trouble. While it's true that the events that unfold in Lemony Snicket's
novels are bleak, and things never turn out as you'd hope, these delightful,
funny, linguistically playful books are reminiscent of Roald Dahl
(remember James and the Giant Peach and his horrid spinster aunts),
Charles Dickens (the orphaned Pip in Great Expectations without the
mysterious benefactor), and Edward Gorey (The Gashlycrumb Tinies).
There is no question that young readers will want to read the continuing
unlucky adventures of the Baudelaire children in The Reptile Room
and The Wide Window. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson
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| SYNOPSIS
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 Jim
Carrey stars as Count Olaf, a wily villain with clever disguises and
outrageous schemes, who is bent on swindling the Baudelaire orphans
out of their family fortune. Featuring the unique blend of intelligence,
irony and irreverence that readers of all ages have discovered in
Lemony Snicket's best-selling books. |
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I'm not sure if I've spelled this out before or not, so I'll just do it. The interpretations that I have about things is at least as much about me as it is about the things I'm commenting upon. It's that way with all of us, but I'm just going to be really honest about it. Art brings out what's inside of the artist and the observer. So in my attempt to tell you about these artists, I'm also going to tell you alot about me.
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Review by
TOM PRICE
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The makers of “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” showed particular insight in releasing the film during the Christmas season. Not because it’s time for “Christmas to take a holiday,” as the trailer for the film suggests. But because, for Americans familiar with the Dickensian feel behind seasonal favorites like A Christmas Carol, an adaptation of this series highlights, with humor, the dark underside of our society.
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 “And
the Oscar goes to… Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey.”
That’s what I hope to hear come February 27, 2005. One statuette
for each character the actor portrays in this film. After all, isn’t
it time critics stopped chiding Carrey for super-sizing every performance
and started recognizing that is exactly what he was put on earth
to do? If this movie also wins awards for production design, costumes,
makeup, and directing, it will have been a very good night indeed—and
well deserved.
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