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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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62 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 37 Critics What's this?

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6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 141 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jim Carrey, Jude Law, Meryl Streep
  • Summary: Daniel Handler's popular children's book series about the misadventures of the Baudelaire orphans comes to the big screen.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 37
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 37
  3. Negative: 1 out of 37
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Robert K. Elder
    100
    Exceptionally clever, hilariously gloomy and bitingly subversive.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Kirk Honeycutt
    60
    Devolves into a repetitive comedy that squanders a hugely talented cast.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    25
    I hate to sound per-Snickety, but this lemon of a movie is a sadly unfortunate event.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 94
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 94
  3. Negative: 23 out of 94
  1. grandpajoe6191
    6
    "A Series of Unfortunate Events" is a decent kid-block buster with a average story line with a monotonous tone. But as always, its Jim Carrey (the veteran actor) the saves the screen.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. spadenx
    5
    It was decent but the huge flaw of this film is that they tried to cram 3 books into one short film and they left out so much because of it as well. Jim Carrey was amazing in it and he was perfect for the part imo and he definently made it worth watching for him alone. It was ok but not as good asit could have been.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DanielH.
    1
    It was the single worst book turned into a film I have ever seen. It put me off reading the books for a week!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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