Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning
The story of intelligent, charming, but unlucky siblings Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire and their adventures in the big city after a house-fire leaves them orphaned. When the children are sent to ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005
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Stats: 25,975 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (25,975)
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October 10, 2006Fun for some, dour & morose for others. Stays faithful to the original material.
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February 23, 2009I really like the way this movie was filmed all though it was not very good compaired to tthe books.
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November 5, 2008It was a pretty good movie; I think they captured the books. I do dislike the fact that they put the first 3 books into one movie though. They also skipped some important parts like Klaus? glasses which would have been very important if they continued to do more movies.
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October 28, 2008"We're very concerned"
The best-selling series of subversive children's books from author Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) come to the screen in this black comedy for the whole family (and how often do you get to see one of those?). The Baudelaire siblings -- gadget ...( read more) -
November 5, 2009I really love this movie. It wasn't really celebrated or anything but the direction is visually awesome and even though the managed to go through 3 books in one movie, the depiction was cool. Different, but cool.
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November 2, 2009I can't help but love this movie! My expectations were high and I was not disappointed. Beautiful scenes, great dialogues, wonderful acting of all involved. And the screen play adapted from a few novels for once was very good. I didn't even check my watch as I'm normally doing wh...( read more)
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October 29, 2009i really love this movie. it doesn't have to have a point just like life. and the other thing is just that violet is soo cute. i love her so much. ^^
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Critic Reviews
May 4, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
December 21, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
Heinrichs helps take your mind off the slack direction and the letdown of a climax, which ought to make the kiddies hurl Gummi Bears at the screen. full review
December 17, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I think this one is a tune-up for the series, a trial run in which they figure out what works and what needs to be tweaked. full review
December 17, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
As it ticks by, laboriously, it leaves you feeling that you should be enjoying it more than you are. full review
December 17, 2004
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Call the movie a pleasant near-miss, see it with your expectations lowered and by all means read the books again. full review
December 17, 2004
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Against all odds it delights, using a compact script (by Robert Gordon), creative storytelling and the ripe comedic talents of a prodigious cast to transform written word into a near-perfect cinematic... full review
December 17, 2004
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
A more apt title might have been: Jim Carrey's Series of Outlandish Impersonations. full review
December 17, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
The movie, like the books, flatters children's innate sense that the world is not a perfect place and that anyone who insists otherwise is trying to sell you something. full review
December 16, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Though the movie is a literate adventure story, the series' dark tone is lightened up in the film just enough to make one yearn for the darkly twisted witticisms and pervasive anxiety that made Handle... full review
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August 29, 2009very interesting movie i love it !
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July 20, 2007Emily browning is sooo hottttt, beautiful,desirable,etc,etc,etc!!!
her lips were just perfect,if i ever get a chance,she'll be swimming in my ( u kno what) ! ! ! -
July 18, 2007it was a good movie, BUT THEY COMPLETELY RIPPED THE PLOT TO SHREDS AND ATTEMPTED TO REASSEMBLE IT FROM THE BOOKS!
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May 1, 2007This was a cool movie. Dark and melancholy, but a comedy thanx to Jim Carrey!
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April 15, 2007Whoever said that Jim Carrey made it a comedy, they're right! It's supposed to be a comedy, even the book was a comedy. It was a tragic and satirical comedy.
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February 16, 2007hmm... ok first of all i loved the movie, most definatly one of my favorites, but i think that Jim Carrey was a miscast. Jim Carrey made the movie more of comedy. He's one of my favorite actors, but i don't think he was the right actor for this role.It's still one of my favorite movies, though.
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