Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Movie Review

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Movie Review:  While the house Miss Pilgrim is the first collaboration between Burton and director, Goldman worked with Green before - that is, in their 2012 film adaptation of the 1960 cult natural soap opera, Dark Shadows. It is easy to understand why Burton decided to work with the greenback to take his film from Riggs novel (a literary work inspired by vintage photographs of strange people and places that had gathered for the author), from which the terrible star Penny looks like a perfect fit for a character that Burton describes as a magical guardian Mary as a stranger ... Mary Poppins, who Poppins.

Burton, when he spoke with EW, referring to Miss Green Pilgrim about "the fear of Mary Poppins" and the rich that is a sign, person Mary Poppins-like "strong strange and mysterious appearance could be a bird can be" before simply add "and" Eve "Miss Peregrine, in history, is also an alumnus of the avocet teacher (Judi Dench), and Burton gave the following understanding of the Empire Dench character.

Tim Burton's movies always start out slow, but this one was confusing in the middle, but by the end, it picked up and ended on a high note. The cinematography was outstanding and visually the effects were out of this world. Great cast, wonderful script and great direction brought the movie to life. Set in the 1940's, the movie introduced time travel as well as peculiar kids with certain powers. You could definitely see other Tim Burton's premise in this one. Great family movie and it was definitely fun to watch.

Reviewed 8.21.17. Creepy creatures called 'the Hallows' stalk the children but ironically it's the lack of a backstory for the peculiar gang themselves that leaves the largest void. The characters are interesting, but many fail to connect. And the plot is intriguing but underdeveloped. But I imagine its strengths (Tim Burton eye candy, fascinating source material, creepy fun) would result in a 5-star rating from most 12 year-olds. For the rest of us, it'll have to do until Tim Burton can recapture the deep emotional core of his classics.

I felt like this was more of a return to form for Tim Burton but it also helps to have Jane Goldman on scriptwriting duties who has been responsible for the writer behind some of the most enjoyable films I have seen over the past few years. The greatest credit though must go to the original author who has created a whole need world and mythology around these characters that seemed to have been written specifically for a Tim Burton movie. There are many recognizable features and influences from other Tim Burton movies hidden away throughout the story but it never feels repetitive, I felt it was an enjoyable dark fantasy laced with the usual dark Tim Burton humor. Plus it's the first movie I have ever seen that has had Blackpool as a star location and somehow, they made the place look like a nice seaside town, rather than the cesspit it actually is.

If one hadn't read the books this is indeed an entertaining film but if watched before or after the books you realize it's a rather poor excuse for a film. Many things are missing like the truth about Miss Peregrine and her family, what the actual plan was, the true breadth of Abe & Jacobs gifts, the realisations of how peculiarities adapt to fit the person, the truth of why Abe Portman never returned to his surrogate family on the island but what I can't forgive is the lack of a talking dog smoking a pipe.

Better than I thought it was going to be, but an example of a very anti-climatic ending here. Also before I begin I'll note that I haven't read any of the books in this series and don't plan to, so this is a review of just coming into the story/film fresh. So this is kind of an odd one. This won't be for everyone since just going off that Peculiar word in the title it's a very strange film. We follow a young boy named Jake (Asa Butterfield) who has been hearing stories about Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) and her home for Peculiar (gifted aka kids with powers) children told to him by his grandfather Abe (Terence Stamp). After his grandfather is brutally murdered by monsters called Hollows Jake sets out to find a time loop his grandfather tells him about with his dying breath. Going through this loop he finds Miss Peregrine and the children stuck in a time loop in the 1940's.

Here he befriends a young lady named Emma (Ella Purnell) who floats away and has powerful breathing powers. Emma introduces Jake to everyone and basically they hit it off. Jake soon realizes the secret behind Miss Peregrine's home and her own powers which result in the Hollow's leader Barron (Samuel L. Jackson) seeking Jake out. It's up to Jake and the Children to stop Barron and the Hollows once and for all. That's a very light touch of the plot there. It's a very dark film and has that Tim Burton touch to it. Visually it's very good. It has some great special effects and it's generally creepy when the Hollows show up. The storyline starts making more sense about 40 minutes in which I'm really saying this one starts pretty slow. It also has a last 25 minutes which are very anti-climatic. We don't see too many settings outside of the home and two other spots, so it's a pretty grounded film. I enjoyed the performances, but for a film called Miss Peregrine I would have liked to get more story on her overall. This is a decent film. It has some great visuals and good acting, but a weak story and a bad ending kind of make it hard to recommend to everyone. Overall, if your a Tim Burton fan give it a look. Any horror/fiction fans also perhaps give it a look if it looks interesting to ya!