Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children Review: Peculiar in Many Ways!

If there is one filmmaker who has a sense of imagination it would no doubt be Tim Burton. For years Burton  has brought his twisted vision to the silver screen in a variety of films; and while the director has had his share of hit and misses, there is no denying that a Burton film has the ability to stand out from the crowd. So perhaps Burton was the right person for the job to bring the likes of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children to the silver screen. Based on the novel by Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children centers on a boy who discovers a mysterious orphanage on a Welch Island that houses kids with peculiar abilities. With its concept and creative visuals this film looked like a must see for the fall season, but is Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children a fantasy experience worth seeing?

The story of Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children centers on Jake Portman (Asa Butterfield): an average boy who resides in Florida. Tragedy strikes Jake when his grandfather, Abe (Terence Stamp), is mysteriously murdered. Investigating his grandfather’s belongings, Jake discovers that Abe was connected to an orphanage located on Welsh Island. Jake journeys to the island only to find the orphanage is destroyed. However Jake is greeted by Emma Bloom (Ella Purnell) and the other peculiar children who take Jake into the past where the home still stands. There Jake meets Miss Peregrine (Eva Green). There Miss Peregrine explains Abe’s connection to the orphanage which then leads to Jake discovering that he himself is a Peculiar. As Jake discovers a place where he fits in, he realizes that the orphanage is in danger by the group known as the Wights, led by Mr.Barron(Samuel L.Jackson), who seek Miss Peregrine in order to achieve their plan of immortality.