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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

PG   |    |  Adventure, Comedy, Family

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When a massive fire kills their parents, three children are delivered to the custody of cousin and stage actor Count Olaf, who is secretly plotting to steal their parents' vast fortune.

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Awards

Won 1 Oscar.

Another 9 wins & 28 nominations.

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User Reviews
14 January 2005 | dbborroughs
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| Stay for the end credits
The end credits is a ten minute long cartoon of such incredible beauty that it is a great shame that most people will never watch it. Simply its some of the best animation to come out all year.

While I can give the end credits a 10 out of 10 I can only give the rest of the film a begrudging 7 out of 10, although it should probably be a 6.5. Certainly this is a fantastically well made movie, that is for the most part very well acted but something is amiss in the tone of the film and so it never really is what it should be.

The story of three children who's parents are killed and who are forced from guardian to guardian by the murderous acts of Count Oloff is pretty bleak. And with a title like "A Series of Unfortunate Events" you really can't expect dancing elves, but the film makers have chosen to add a vein of madcap silliness to the proceedings that works against the rest of the film. It seems as if they were afraid that the material was going to be seen as too dark, which is a shame since its clear from the sequences where they left well enough alone that the film could have stood on its own.

Its a good movie, instead of the great one it wants to be.

Definitely worth seeing.

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Trivia

According to the letter the children receive at the end of the film, the Baudelaire Mansion is at 23 Prospero Place, Boston, Massachusetts.

Quotes

Lemony Snicket: I'm sorry to say that this is not the movie you will be watching. The movie you are about to see is extremely unpleasant. If you wish to see a film about a happy little elf, I'm sure there is still plenty of seating in theatre number two. However, ...

Goofs

When Count Olaf is driving the kids back from the custody hearing and the shot cuts from Olaf to the kids when Violet says, "Pure evil," Sunny is leaning against Violet, looking as if she is about to fall asleep. When the shot cuts back to Olaf, Sunny is sitting straight up and alert in between her siblings.

Crazy Credits

Most of the end credits are composed of cardboard cut outs and Olaf chasing the children.

Soundtracks

Loverly Spring
By Thomas Newman and Bill Bernstein

Storyline

Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy

Details

Release Date:

17 December 2004

Language

English

Country of Origin

Germany, USA

Filming Locations

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$140,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,575,442 (Australia) (17 December 2004)

Gross:

$118,627,117 (USA) (24 April 2005)

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