In the latest Tim Burton "I'm really an artist" entry comes a oddball collection of oddball children. Eva Green plays the titular character as some wrangler of children who are broken toys. Much more interesting would be the backstory of these mutants...I mean misunderstood tykes. Instead it's a freak show of Burton's caliber. This story despite the title, isn't about Miss Peregrine or the peculiar children it's about a loser teen living in Florida named Jake (Asa Butterfield) wondering his purpose in life. As if the hands of structure said "Calgon take me away!" Poof the kid is whisked to some far off land to discover the real reason his grandfather had been murdered. Here's a hint: he's the chosen one. Or rather, he gets there in time to attempt to thwart some scientist who botched an experiment.
Along the way, he meets with a big eyed character named Emma. She is played bloodless by Ella Purnell. Her peculiarity is...uh..air. She controls it,sort of. She is full of it which causes her to float, if she didn't have lead boots. Cute enough.
The rest plays out how you think it will. Although, they throw in a very convoluted storyline of having these kids live in a timeloop as to not face the "normal society." I guess there isn't much they could say in terms of time travel, since there is already so much going on. I dunno. Surprisingly dull but if you're a Burton fan, you'll get what you came for.
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