| Overall: | B |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C+ |
| Sexual Content: | A- |
| Language: | B+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A- |
| Run Time: | 108 |
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| Video Release: | 25 Apr 2005 |
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Without any siblings to help him, a young wizard relies on his friends when he is orphaned in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Deserted by his mother, Walter is handed over to his two antisocial uncles who aren’t very happy about their new parenting role in Secondhand Lions.
Home Video Extra Features
If you don’t have enough unfortunate events in your own life, then meet Lemony Snicket. Paramount Home Video presents this movie, based on a popular series of children’s books, in either a single or double disc version. Both editions include a Commentary Track by Director Brad Silberling, and another by Lemony Snicket and Brad Silberling, Orphaned Scenes (11 deleted scenes and 5 outtakes), as well as 3 featurettes under the title of Bad Beginnings.
The super-sized package of problems (aka; the 2-Disc Collector’s Edition) provides additional shorts, placed under the headings of A Terrible Tragedy (5 Featurettes), Sound Design (3 Featurettes), Special Effects (4 Featurettes) and 3 Still Photo Galleries.
And all this bad luck can be yours, in English 5.1 Dolby Digital.

Kerry Bennett is interested in media from both a journalist and parent perspective. Along with authoring articles for several family-oriented publications, she has written for Parent Previews for nearly 10 years. She serves as Vice President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness. She and her husband Garry have four sons.