This movie is NOT for everyone. I've never read any of the books, but now I'm inspired to. When I was describing it to my father, he said it sounded a lot like Roald Dahl. And that really *is* what it feels like, except where Roald Dahl always creeped me out a little bit, this has enough over-the-top zaniness that it doesn't feel that dark anymore. I thought the over-the-topness was great fun and not nearly as stupid as I thought it was going to be. Also, the main guy (what's his name? Klaus?) is the little kid from Stepmom. He was awfully cute as a little kid and looks vaguely familiar as a teen. Hmm. I'll have to think further about that.

Memorable quotes:
"Intrude!"

"All I ask is that you do each and every thing that pops into my head while I enjoy the enormous fortune your parents left behind."

"I'm going on a perfectly innocent ride in the country with my children, whom I love."

"You are SO deceased."

"Oh, did I mention we're going to Peru?"

"I've been bitten 43...700 times. Mostly on the face."

"Children are strange and foreign to me."

"Doesn't it strike you as odd that none of our relatives are related to us?"

"Come away from the fridge. If it falls it'll crush you flat."

"You will not devour this boy's head today!"

"All the other actors lacked sufficient..."
"Hair?"
"Hands?"
"Verisimilitude."

"Arrest him!"
"For what?"
"For being a greedy monster!"

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