Lemony Snicket's - A series of unfortunate events

Lemony Snicket's - A series of unfortunate events (2004)

This is a gripping movie with marvelous visuals and extremely interesting characters. In most of his acting performances Jim Carrey sucks, and the very first act of him in the movie as Count Olaf proves this further but later appearances and acts of Carrey are wonderful. Story is a bit dark, bit humorous and but scary. You’ll love Sunny, Violet and Klaus. You will enjoy the company of the snakes, the python, the leaches, the three eyed frog and the red cobra with the two heads. Violet is a determined inventor and the character is the lead of the whole group of the orphans including the book worm Klaus and biter Sunny.

After all the unfortunate events throughout the story the climax of the movie is not at all unfortunate. There are numerous sequences in the movie to be talked about. Some of the most prominent are the Car on the rail track scene, the collapse of aunt Josephine’s house and the one where Sunny starts playing with the large black snake to prove that the snake is harmless. The feel of the movie will make you think that a lot of money was spent on creating all the wonderful and amazing visuals. Jim Carrey has played his role fairly decently. Meryl Streep has also done justice to character of Aunt Jo.

I can really talk about this movie for long but I want to stop here and want you to watch this movie. This is more than worth a watch. I’ll keep this movie in the category of ‘The Princess Bride’ and even ‘Harry Potter’.

My Rating: 7.1/10
Entertainment Value: 94%