Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events - 2004

We're very concerned

I love this film, pure and simple. It has everything in it that I look for in a film: humour, emotion, a great storyline and some unforgettable performances from great actors!

The Baudelaire children, after being orphaned are sent to live with their distant relative Count Olaf who only seems interested in getting his hands on their fortune. Jim Carrey as usual is hilarious yet vaguely scary as the Count, and Meryl Streep is fantastic as Aunt Josephine, the third visit on the orphans' journey as they discover some unfortunate facts about each relative. One of the reasons I like this film is because it can appeal to children who are enthraled by the scary locations and humour and adults for, well the humour and the underlying message which it undoubtably has. As someone remarked to me, it has all the fantasy elements of an animated film, without the actual animation. Acting from the 2 young children is also superb, especially Emily Browning as the intelligent and caring Violet. There is something haunting and unsettling about this film, but you really have to watch it to understand what I mean.

Rating 4.5/5