Movie Details

Title

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Overview

Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a thrilling misadventure involving three ingenious orphans and a villainous actor named Count Olaf (Jim Carrey) who wants their enormous fortune." It includes a suspicious fire, delicious pasta, Jim Carrey, poorly behaved looches, Billy Connolly, an incredibly deadly viper, Meryl Streep, and the voice of an imposter named Jude Law.

Runtime

1 h 48 min

Release Date

16 December 2004

Actors

Emily Browning, Liam Aiken, Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep, Jude Law, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Adams, Craig Ferguson, Jamie Harris, Catherine O'Hara, Cedric the Entertainer, Bob Clendenin, Lenny Clarke, Fred Gallo, Amy Brenneman, John Dexter, Deborah Theaker, Wayne Flemming, Jaimarie Bjorge, Helena Bonham Carter, Amy Brenneman, Paul Bunnell, Julius Callahan, François Duhamel, Rosemary Garris, Gilbert Gottfried, Paul G. Gray, Rick Heinrichs, Alan Heitz, Rob Hinderstein, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Earl Lane, Jane Lynch, Betsy McIntyre, Nick Meaney, Christopher Metas, Crystal Rivers, Lidia Sabljic

Certification

PG

Genres

Adventure, Comedy, Family

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