(Flash Review)
With all the ingredients there to make a delicious meal, the special seasonings were left out. The story revolves around time travel and a boy's literal and adventurous search for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, its existence as well as any remaining living children. The boy gets some clues that lead him through a time warp of sorts and he learns how this home and its inhabitants have been living in a special place in time. The interweaving of points in time and things that occur are moderately easy to keep track of but not overly engaging or compelling. The highlight of the movie is the bizarre cast of children with interesting and unexpected powers which unfortunately very few of the powers have an impact on the story. Thus is the creativity while very clever, fun and unusual felt shallow. Many of the styles did remind me of Beetlejuice, which was great. The climax of this movie also didn't feel like it fit with the carefully constructed first 2/3's. Too much glossy CGI that ran counter to the rest of the movie. High marks for Eva Green who nailed her role. Enjoyable movie which could and should have been stellar.
With all the ingredients there to make a delicious meal, the special seasonings were left out. The story revolves around time travel and a boy's literal and adventurous search for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, its existence as well as any remaining living children. The boy gets some clues that lead him through a time warp of sorts and he learns how this home and its inhabitants have been living in a special place in time. The interweaving of points in time and things that occur are moderately easy to keep track of but not overly engaging or compelling. The highlight of the movie is the bizarre cast of children with interesting and unexpected powers which unfortunately very few of the powers have an impact on the story. Thus is the creativity while very clever, fun and unusual felt shallow. Many of the styles did remind me of Beetlejuice, which was great. The climax of this movie also didn't feel like it fit with the carefully constructed first 2/3's. Too much glossy CGI that ran counter to the rest of the movie. High marks for Eva Green who nailed her role. Enjoyable movie which could and should have been stellar.