Review – Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

Cute kids. Clever premise. Nice supporting cast (with the exception of the always-frantically-overstated Jim Carry). But there’s just something here that isn’t quite working. For starters, if you want Tim Burton go ahead and pay for him. Further, don’t try to cram three books into one movie; the resulting plot will seem more than a little jumpy. In particular, a quick look at some of the deleted scenes and outtakes will reveal some spots where the story was supposed to have a bit more meat to it. Of course, they also reveal even more of Carry’s pesky antics. I haven’t read any of the books, but now I’m a little sorry that I didn’t start there instead of with the movie version. This production was a lot like trying to make a salad into a full meal. Mildly amusing