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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Stay Peculiar...
A young teen discovers clues to a mystery that spans different places around the globe at different time periods which lead him to a secret hideaway. As he gets to know the residents of this magical location, he also must learn about their powerful enemies. He soon discovers that he must unlock what is special within himself if he is to have even the glimmer of hope needed to protect his new friends.
Jake Portman is a teenager who visits Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children after following the clues left for him by his grandfather and discovers a part of himself he didn’t know existed. Miss Alma LeFay Peregrine is the headmistress of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children who is able to morph into a peregrine falcon and manipulate time to create time loops. Emma Bloom is an aerokinetic teenager living at Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children who is lighter than air and must wear a tether or lead shoes to prevent herself from floating away. Mr. Barrom is the leader of the Wights and Hollows who hunt Peculiars in order to devour their eyes and thus recover their lost human form and become visible again to the majority of the world.
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is a feast to the eyes, but not nearly as satisfying as the book it is based on. Visually it is something that whisks you away to a magical gothic paradise that makes the real world seem so mundane, but the longer you stay in that place you will notice the bloom is off the rose. Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green give the best performances in this motion picture that ends up being a melancholy experience as it attempts with all it can muster in each scene to be endearing. Tim Burton’s directing of the cast seems minimal as he appears to be more interested in bringing the day dream quality of the story to the screen while forgetting the elements which made it touching. This is an entertaining movie which gets caught up in its own paradox by the end, but before it loses itself there is an exciting adventure to be had with eager companions to share it with.
I rate this movie a 3 out of 5.
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