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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Family adventure based on the comic tales of Lemony Snicket. Three orphans are taken in by their mysterious distant cousin, who has designs on their inheritance. Jim Carrey stars.

Adventure drama for all the family based on the darkly comic stories of Lemony Snicket, the pseudonymous children's author. When the parents of the three Baudelaire children die suddenly and surprisingly in a house fire, they are placed with their mysterious and pretentious distant cousin, Count Olaf. It very quickly becomes clear that he is only interested in their fortune, and so begins a most unfortunate adventure for the Baudelaires.

1 hour, 35 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Feb 201217:25

Credits

RoleContributor
Count OlafJim Carrey
Uncle MontyBilly Connolly
Aunt JosephineMeryl Streep
Mr PoeTimothy Spall
Klaus BaudelaireLiam Aiken
Violet BaudelaireEmily Browning
DirectorBrad Silberling
Justice StraussCatherine O'Hara
Bald ManLuis Guzman
ConstableCedric The Entertainer
Lemony Snicket (Narrator)Jude Law
ProducerMinor Childers
ProducerAlbie Hecht
WriterRobert Gordon
WriterDaniel Handler

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