STAY PECULIAR.Ā
16-year-old Jake Portman (Asa Butterfield) goes to Wales together with his father to look for a mysterious orphanage that his granddad (Terence Stamp) told fanciful stories about from World War II⦠Tim Burton is the right person to make a movie out of Ransom Riggsās imaginative novel, a fairy tale about a place with āpeculiarsā, people who have paranormal powers and find themselves threatened by monsters that only they can see; of course, Butterfield also turns out to be a āpeculiarā. A little messy and overlong, but engaging and boosted by its cast and a dark, visually dazzling world in 3D, crafted by Burtonās team of talents.
2016-U.S. 127 min. Color. Directed by Tim Burton. Novel: Ransom Riggs. Music: Michael Higham, Matthew Margeson. Cast: Asa Butterfield (Jake Portman), Eva Green (Alma LeFay Peregrine), Samuel L. Jackson (Mr. Barron), Ella Purnell (Emma Bloom), Terence Stamp, Judi Dench⦠Allison Janney, Rupert Everett.