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LEMONY SNICKET'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
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Based on Daniel Handler's first three Lemony Snicket novels, this stylized gothic fairy tale follows the misadventures of the Baudelaire children through a flawlessly designed Dickensian once-upon-a-time world that's been retrofitted with gee-whiz modern conveniences. After their parents are killed in a suspicious fire, brilliant Violet Beaudelaire (Emily Browning), her younger brother, Klaus (Liam Aiken), and their baby sister, Sunny (Kara and Shelby Hoffman), are sent to live with a distant relative, master thespian Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), who intends to kill them for their large inheritance. Read the complete review for Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Year: 2004
Rated PG

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Cast
Jim Carrey: Count Olaf
Meryl Streep: Aunt Josephine
Jude Law: Voice of Lemony Snicket
Emily Browning: Violet Baudelaire
Liam Aiken: Klaus Baudelaire
Kara Hoffman: Sunny

 

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