Lacking Natural Simplicity

Shapespeare's Trollop, by Charlaine Harris; St. Martin's Minotaur/St. Martin's Press, August 2000.

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, 2004; directed by Brad Silberling, based on the books written by Daniel Handler, screenplay by Robert Gordon. Good, although I haven't read the original books so I can't compare it to them.