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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert Gordon (screenplay)
Daniel Handler (books)
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Release Date:
17 December 2004 (USA) more
Tagline:
On December 17, Christmas cheer takes a holiday. more
Plot:
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. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 21 nominations more
User Comments:
A frightfully frenetic and beautifully tragic children's film more (553 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jim Carrey ... Count Olaf

Liam Aiken ... Klaus

Emily Browning ... Violet
Kara Hoffman ... Sunny
Shelby Hoffman ... Sunny

Jude Law ... Lemony Snicket (voice)

Timothy Spall ... Mr. Poe

Catherine O'Hara ... Justice Strauss

Billy Connolly ... Uncle Monty

Meryl Streep ... Aunt Josephine

Luis Guzmán ... Bald Man (as Luis Guzman)

Jamie Harris ... Hook-Handed Man

Craig Ferguson ... Person of Indeterminate Gender

Jennifer Coolidge ... White Faced Woman
Jane Adams ... White Faced Woman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Series of Unfortunate Events (USA) (original script title)
Lemony Snicket (USA) (working title)
Lemony Snicket - Rätselhafte Ereignisse (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.
Runtime:
108 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more

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Trivia:
The clothes the Baudelaire orphans are noticeably different from the books. Violet wears a dress with the V-cuffed lower sleeves, which is very common in space operas, Klaus wears a sweater with a button-down shirt underneath, and Sunny wears a small dress. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the children are locked in Count Olaf's car, Violet frantically pushes all the buttons she can find, hoping they will do something. The tape reel, which plays "The Littlest Elf" theme song, is above her hand. She presses a button and the reel starts to move, but there is no music. In the next scene, the reel is still, then starts to move, and music plays. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Lemony Snicket: [the Littlest Elf has just come to an abrupt halt] I'm sorry to say that this is not the movie you will be watching. The movie you are about to see is extremely unpleasant. If you wish to see a film about a happy little elf, I'm sure there is still plenty of seating in theatre number two. However, if you like stories about clever and reasonably attractive orphans...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Benchwarmers (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Loverly Spring more

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88 out of 122 people found the following comment useful.
A frightfully frenetic and beautifully tragic children's film, 17 December 2004
10/10
Author: ecpato from WASHINGTON DC

First, let it be declared that in the media of movie, it is a downright shock that Nickelodeon's monicker appears in this film. It is by far, the best film they have ever made. Second, it is probably the only movie you will see made for children (supposedly) and containing a claymation elf holding a rifle.

Second, let it be known that this movie is the most visually pleasing children's (live-action) film any of us will see for years. The costume design is amazing, from the strap-laden sunny to the neo-Gothic formality of Violet, and especially in the under-appreciated and subtle '60s formal-casual of Klaus, who looks like a miniature Harold from "Harold and Maude". The sets are equally beautiful, a spree of Burtonesque Gothic-Modern Post-Industrial Asymmetry, from the half formed carnage of The burnt Baudelaire Mansion to the perfectly executed closing credits, animated to perfection. Cinematography also plays an amazing roll on the parts of Violet and Klaus, where ingenious images are used to insert the audience into the minds of the genius Baudelaires.

Last, the performances, only two that everyone has't heard; Jude Law's perfect narration, and The Hoffman Twins astonishing performance as Sunny. Law's performance is so on target that it never occurs that this voice is not the elusive and enigmatic pseudonym himself. He is the perfect compliment to the often exciting or disturbing actions being inflicted upon the accurately charming and intelligent Baudelaires. as for Sunny, they have performed the impossible in giving a perfect performance to an infant from an infant, in both the physical acting and the ingenious form of translation. The sequels are sure to be the greatest of series, even if the events be unfortunate as they have been.

As an artist, this reviewer cannot help but give this movie a 10/10. It is his deep desire that you appreciate it as much as he, if not, well... ... that is rather... ... unfortunate.

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