Dec 20 2004
Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events
dir. Brad Silberling
Writ: Robert Gordon, based on books by Daniel Handler
* Jim Carey - Count Olaf
* Emily Browning - Violet Baudelaire
* Liam Aiken - Klaus Baudelaire
* Kara & Shelby Hoffman - Sonny
* Billy Connolly - Uncle Monty
* Meryl Streep - Aunt Josephine
I’ll admit first off that I haven’t read the books … yet. I did give the first three to my little sister for Christmas though, so I may get around to them at some stage. Then again the TBR pile does seem to be growing - but enough of that, back to the film.
The film starts out by warning us that this is no happy tale (if you want that you’ll have to lay your hands on “The Happiest Little Elf”). Lemony Snicket (Jude Law), the author, introduces the viewers to the Baudelaire children. For the briefest of instances they are relatively happy; Violet inventing, Klaus reading and Sonny.. well biting. Continue Reading »
Tags: 7 Stars, based on book, Billy Connolly, Brad Silberling, Daniel Handler, Emily Browning, Jim Carey, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Liam AIken, Meryl Streep, Robert Gordon, sff