Synopsis
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
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Cast
- Eva GreenMiss Peregrine
- Asa ButterfieldJacob Portman
- Samuel L. JacksonBarron
- Judi DenchMiss Avocet
- Rupert EverettOrnithologist
- Chris O'DowdFranklin Portman
- Allison JanneyDr. Golan
- Ella PurnellEmma Bloom
- Terence StampAbraham Portman
- Milo ParkerHugh
Recommendations
- 80
Village Voice
Burton scales his finale down to the size of a tourist boardwalk for an unexpectedly gripping crowd-pleaser of an action scene. - 80
The Guardian
We get the playfulness of seeing quirky magic powers mixed with the familiarity of how a time loop plays out. Add in Burton’s authorial visual stamp and what we’ve got is an extremely pleasing formula. It gels as Tim Burton’s best (non-musical) live-action movie for 20 years. - 75
Slant Magazine
Tim Burton's direction reminds us of the distinct, peculiar coyness that was always at the heart of his best films. - 70
Variety
Goldman’s frequently amusing script is the secret ingredient that makes “Miss Peregrine” such an appropriate fit for Burton’s peculiar sensibility, allowing the director to revisit and expand motifs and themes from his earlier work. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
For a time, an appealing gentleness prevails that's rooted in this unique inter-generational romance, a feeling augmented in particular by Purnell's slow-blooming flower of a performance, and if the film had remained focused more on the improbabilities of this love story, it might have emerged as something rather special. - 60
Empire
While it's neither as dark, funny nor peculiar as you’d expect from Tim Burton, there’s still much here to admire. - 50
We Got This Covered
With Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton focuses all his energy on a dusty, far-too-droll buildup that's far from worth whatever short-lived excitement his finale brings. - 42
IndieWire
“Miss Peregrine’s” is a hollow ode to wonder and weirdness that suggests we’re running perilously low on both.
