Tuesday 25 July 2017

Gothic X-Men in 1943, kind of.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Directed by Tim Burton this film based on the novel of the same name stars Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Ella Purnell, Terence Stamp and Samuel L. Jackson. Following the death of his grandfather a teenage boy from the US travels to Wales to find the children's home his grandfather told him stories of.

Taking a lot of familiar genre elements the setting of this film does a great job of combining them in unique ways to create an interesting world. Unfortunately even at 2 hours the ending of the film feels rushed and seems to gloss over some important things. There is an impressive cast and Tim Burton is a safe pair of hands for this type of film but I think another 30 minutes might have really helped this film.


4/5

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