Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Pretty charming. Audiences may like it more than critics, but everyone should agree it's one of the most wickedly stylish movies of the year.Read Full Review »

Good movie, great fun.Read Full Review »

A gem of a movie, all its adversity and wickedness a backdrop for a story about the remarkable resilience of childrenRead Full Review »

A pessimistic chronicle that even optimistic 8-year-olds can love.Read Full Review »

The film's no masterpiece, but at least you're in the hands of people who know what they're doing.Read Full Review »

Manages to remain witty throughout.Read Full Review »

In time, Carrey's monkeyshines, Jude Law's silhouetted reappearances as Snicket, and the inevitable descent of Beverly Hills pathos blunt the movie's fastidious dark-carnival humor.Read Full Review »

A visually arresting and entertaining romp, but it lacks some of the sardonic humor of the popular children's books on which the movie is based.Read Full Review »

There is no one in the movie to provide a reasonable reaction to anything; the adults are all demented, evil, or, in the case of Mr. Poe, stunningly lacking in perception, and the kids are plucky enough, but rather dazed by their misfortunes.Read Full Review »

Mr. Silberling has made a movie that's far rougher in texture and tone than Mr. Handler's books, but while he doesn't have the author's sense of whimsy (or irony) he manages to construct a pleasantly watchable entertainment in all the spaces in the story not laid siege to by Mr. Carrey.Read Full Review »