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Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events Rated PG-13
Starring Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law
****
“Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” is a delightful
film that is based off of the best-selling children’s books by Daniel Handler.
While the movie is moody and a bit haunting (think “The Nightmare Before
Christmas”), I felt enchanted to see such a wild display of acting and
glorious use of production design.
Jude Law is the voice of Lemony Snicket, a writer who is chronicling the
lives of the Baudelaire children. The children have just learned that their
parents died in a fire that burned down their entire house, and so they must
begin living with their beloved Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who turns out to be
anything but beloved (in fact, the only reason he takes the children is for
their large inheritance.)
After ‘a series of unfortunate events,’ the Baudelaire children start
living with other relatives, including Aunt Josephine (Meryl Streep.) But Count
Olaf is always a step ahead of the children, getting rid of each new relative
with whom the Baudelaire children reside.
“Lemony
Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” is especially dark for a
children’s movie, and maybe that’s why I loved the film so much. With
“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” 2004 has been a great year for
creepy kids films, and “Lemony Snicket” certainly has it all: adventure,
wild and crazy performances, and even a humorous cameo by Dustin Hoffman.
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