Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events [PG]

When a mysterious fire engulfs their home and their parents, the lives of the Baudelaire children literally go up in smoke. The children are then put into the care of Count Olaf, a mean theatre actor who is after their enormous fortune. After foiling his plans to gain their fortune once, the Baudelaire orphans are passed from guardian to guardian, all the while being trailed by Count Olaf and a series of unfortunate events. 

Based on the first three books in the series by Lemony Snicket, A Series of Unfortunate Events is a fun family comedy filled with Italian food, mysterious fires, familiar faces, wonderful costumes, and a happy little elf. Admittedly a lighter take on the original books, and a combination of only the first three, with a completely new ending written for the screen, it’s still a good film nevertheless. 

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire had a perfect life until it wnet down in flames when a mysterious fire engulfed their home and their parents. Orphaned, the children are sent to live with a despicable and greedy theatre actor named Count Olaf who seeks only to gain the enormous Baudelaire fortune. After foiling his attempt to steal their fortune once, the children are then removed from his guardianship and passed onto another guardian. But all the while, they are being trailed by the terrible Count Olaf and a series of unfortunate events. 

I simply have to draw attention to the thing I love most about this film: the costumes. Old-fashioned style outfits with a slight eccentricity about them, almost a gothic influence. When I first saw this movie, I could not take my eyes off Violet’s dress and there was nothing in the world that I wanted more. It’s gorgeous! 

With a light comedy script to play against the unfortunate events that take place and packed with heaps of familiar faces like Jim Carrey, Emily Browning, Catherine O’Hara, Billy Connolly, Timothy Spall, Jude Law, Meryl Streep, Cedric the Entertainer, Jennifer Coolidge, and Dustin Hoffman, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events is a fun and very entertaining film, perfect for an afternoon family flick.