Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Review
Jake Portman is an average teenage boy, working at his Saturday job, when he gets a call about his grandfather, Abe. But when Jake gets to his house, the house is ransacked, with the fence broken and Abe lying in the forest without his eyes. Jake then sees a large slenderman-like creature with tentacles spouting out its mouth, but then suddenly the beast disappears. Jake then has to go through 3 weeks of psychiatric sessions, with the end saying that Jake would have to visit an island of the coast of Wales, where his grandfather stay at a children's home for a while. Jake and his father travel to this island, search for the house, he sees that the house has been destroyed in a Nazi Luftwaffe Raid back in WWII. Jake later sees the Peculiar Children that Abe was talking about from his stories, Jake then turns to run, but falls and is knocked unconscious. The children then burn down the pub where Jake and his father were staying, and take him to a cave where the house has not been destroyed. Miss Peregrine, who then reveals herself to Jake says that the house is inside a Time Loop. At the end of each Time Loop, the Nazi Luftwaffe drops the bomb which destroys the house; then the day begins again. The children must stay at the house because the Peculiars are being hunted by Hollowgasts, the beast which Jake saw back at his grandfather's house.
Miss Peregrine reveals to Jake that the Hollowgasts are controlled by a shapeshifter named Mr. Barron, who hunts the Peculiar Children. The Hollowgasts can turn back into their human forms by eating the eyes of Peculiar Children. Later another Ymbryne (adult Peculiar), Miss Avocet, turns up and says that the Hollowgasts and Mr. Barron has found the house and are coming to eat the children. Mr. Barron takes Miss Peregrine to the Blackpool Time Loop; Miss Avocet and Jake have to fight off the Hollowgast, travel to the Blackpool Time Loop and defeat Mr. Barron, all before the time loop restarts otherwise the children will gain all their missed years and will die.
This movie was really cool and interesting, especially with the characters, CGI and stock animation with the skeletons and dolls. I really recommend this film to people, and to read the book as well. Miss Peregrine (Eva Green) was so great for this role and I loved the way she played the character, previously in "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For". Abe Portman (Terence Stamp) previously playing Zod in "(1978) Superman" & "(1980) Superman II" and the Prophet of Truth in "Halo" though only having a small part, he was just perfect as a the grandfather. Jake Portman (Asa Butterfield) being in numerous films as a great child actor, I felt that the American accent was not needed but none the less still great. Emma Bloom (Ella Purnell) this lighter than air aerokinesis user was an upcoming brilliant actress, previously in "Maleficent". Mr. Barron (Samuel L. Jackson) was just so funny and great through the film, previously great in every film he has been in (Ignoring the Star Wars Pre-Sequel Films). Miss Avocet (Dame Judi Dench) only a small role but really well acted as well ways from this A-Star Actress. A really great film, a must see. 8.5/10.
Overall: I never read the books, but I really want to now!
Final thought: "Most Peculiar"
