Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
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.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Director: Benjamin Goldman, Brad Silberling, Michele Panelli-Venetis, Rusty Mahmood, Timothy R. Price
Actors: Billy Connolly, Emily Browning, Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Kara Hoffman, Liam Aiken, Luis Guzmán, Meryl Streep, Shelby Hoffman, Timothy Spall