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A Series of Unfortunate Events
2004
· Movie
· 108 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2477
- IMDb #2593
- Rotten Tomatoes #2619
- Metacritic #2178
- Letterboxd #2575
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2612
+7 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #3111
- Metacritic Critics #2230
- Metacritic Audience #2103
- Douban #1054
- Kinopoisk #1759
- AlloCiné #2317
- Trakt #2328
Every rating
62–76
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 62, highest is Douban on 76.
See the most agreed on films →Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
Details
- Director
- Brad Silberling
- Writer
- Robert Gordon
- Released
- 16 December 2004
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $140.0M
- Box office
- $209.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 7 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →1 major award won · 1 win from 8 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Makeup | Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Art Direction | Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl Carasik | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2004 | Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
| Saturn Awards 2004 | Best DVD Special Edition Release | Nominee | |
| Saturn Awards 2004 | Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Saturn Awards 2004 | Best Make-Up | Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso | Nominee |
| Visual Effects Society 2004 | Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture | Rick O'Connor, Martin Murphy, Indira Guettieri, Sam Breach | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
4 nominations, 1 won
| Best Makeup | Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Rick Heinrichs and Cheryl Carasik | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Colleen Atwood | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Thomas Newman | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
3 nominations
| Best DVD Special Edition Release | Nominee | |
| Best Fantasy Film | Nominee | |
| Best Make-Up | Valli O'Reilly and Bill Corso | Nominee |
Visual Effects Society
1 nomination
| Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Motion Picture | Rick O'Connor, Martin Murphy, Indira Guettieri, Sam Breach | Nominee |