Is A Series of Unfortunate Events actually good?

A Series of Unfortunate Events sits in the 45.7% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 45.7% of them.

How does A Series of Unfortunate Events compare to similar films?

Within Films · 2000s, A Series of Unfortunate Events lands in the 50.8% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is A Series of Unfortunate Events's score based on?

432 calibrated reviewers stand behind A Series of Unfortunate Events's score.

2004

global pct

45.7

Film · 2004 · Films · 2000s

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Name: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Released: 2004
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Cast: Jim Carrey, Emily Browning, Liam Aiken

Scored from 432 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 2000s (7,847 peers).

45.7%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

50.8%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles

36.0%

AI-adjusted percentile

432 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After their parents die in a mysterious fire, three orphaned children are placed under the guardianship of the distant and sinister Count Olaf, who is determined to steal their family fortune through a series of elaborate cons and schemes.

A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) is a film IMDb files under the adventure, comedy and family genres. Its comedy subtype is Dark Comedy. It was made in the United States. The runtime is 108 minutes. Barry Sonnenfeld directed it. It stars Jim Carrey, Emily Browning and Liam Aiken. It is rated PG.

432 IMDb reviewers are calibrated for this title, and those are the ones the calibrated score reads; a separate, broader pool of 455 reviewers with at least two reviews each feeds the raw-average track. The cohort it is ranked inside is 2000s films — 7,847 of them.

AdventureComedyFamily

Is A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) worth watching?

Cohort: Films · 2000s · 7,847 titles
Calibrated reviewers: 432
Method: How percentiles are computed

Cohort: Films · 2000s

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