No, regrettably, (dare I say it again) life is a string of bad situations for the troubled siblings.Īs is often the case with children’s stories, these youngsters are forced to fend for themselves in a world where adults are portrayed as either demons or dolts. As a result, they are initially only too happy to meet some of their other “relatives” including the snake loving herpetologist Uncle Monty (Bill Connolly) and the excessively apprehensive Aunt Josephine (Meryl Streep).īut these children are not destined for successive sequences of superior good fortune-a grim fact that audiences are repeatedly warned about by narrator Jude Law. Forced to share a drafty attic bedroom and complete lengthy lists of daily chores, they fear for their lives as the Count’s dastardly schemes to acquire their fortune unfold. Unfortunately for the children, life with their new custodian makes Cinderella’s circumstance look cushy.
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