Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | |
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Directed by | Tim Burton |
Screenplay by | Jane Goldman |
Based on | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs |
Produced by | Peter Chernin Jenno Topping |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Bruno Delbonnel |
Edited by | Chris Lebenzon |
Music by | Mike Higham Matthew Margeson |
Production companies | Chernin Entertainment Tim Burton Productions TSG Entertainment Scope Pictures St. Petersburg Clearwater Film Commission Ingenious |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 127 minutes [1] |
Countries | United Kingdom United States [2] |
Language | English |
Budget | $110 million [3] [4] |
Box office | $296.5 million [3] |
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2016 fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman, based on the 2011 novel by Ransom Riggs. The film stars Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench, and Samuel L. Jackson.
Filming began in February 2015 in London and the Tampa Bay Area. The film premiered at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, on September 25, 2016, and was theatrically released in the United States on September 30, 2016, by 20th Century Fox. [5] It received mixed to positive reviews, with praise for Burton's direction and visual atmosphere, but criticism for its plot. It grossed $296.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $110 million.
Abe Portman has told stories to his grandson Jake about battling monsters and spending his childhood at "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" at Cairnholm, an island off the coast of Wales. The home's children and headmistress, Miss Alma Lefay Peregrine, possess paranormal abilities and are known as "Peculiars". One day, Jake finds Abe dying with his eyes removed, who tells him to go to "the loop of September 3, 1943".
After the traumatic event, Jake begins attending therapy sessions with Dr. Golan. She encourages Jake's desire to travel to the United Kingdom for closure regarding his grandfather's death. Jake and his father Frank go to Cairnholm to investigate the children's home. Upon their arrival, Jake discovers that the home was destroyed during a Luftwaffe raid, but upon entering the ruins he finds the children from Abe's stories.
The children take Jake through a portal and he emerges in the year 1943 with the house still intact. Miss Peregrine explains she belongs to a class of female Peculiars named Ymbryne who can transform into birds (in Miss Peregrine's case, a peregrine falcon) and manipulate time. To avoid persecution for being Peculiars, she and the children hide from the outside world in a time loop she created, set to September 3, 1943, and accessible only to Peculiars, which allows them to live the same day repeatedly and avoid aging as long as they stay inside it.
Jake is introduced to the rest of the children, including aerokinetic Emma Bloom, whom he takes an interest in. He learns he is also a Peculiar like his grandfather, and can see the invisible monsters from his stories, called "Hollowgasts" (or "Hollows"). They are disfigured Peculiar scientists who killed a Ymbryne in a failed experiment to harvest her powers in an attempt to achieve immortality. Led by shapeshifter Mr. Barron, they hunt Peculiars to consume their eyeballs, which allow them to regain a visibly human appearance with milky-white eyes.
Wounded Ymbryne Miss Avocet arrives, explaining that Barron assaulted her in the January 2016 time loop at Blackpool, England, killed her children, and is trying to repeat the failed experiment using more Ymbrynes. Jake returns to 2016, to find that an elderly man has been killed by a Hollow, so goes back to the portal to warn them that the Hollow is near. He is followed by an ornithologist who is actually Mr. Barron in disguise.
Barron had tried to extract the location of Miss Peregrine's loop from Abe, but his hungry Hollow companion Malthus killed Abe before he could do so. He then posed as Dr. Golan, encouraging Jake to go to the island so he could lead him to the loop. Using Jake as a hostage, Barron forces Miss Peregrine to trap herself in bird form and takes her to Blackpool, leaving Jake, the other children, and Miss Avocet as prey for Malthus.
Malthus kills Miss Avocet, then Jake and the children escape just as the Luftwaffe raid destroys the house, killing Malthus. Without Miss Peregrine to reset it, the loop closes, leaving them stuck in 1943. Salvaging a sunken ocean liner, RMS Augusta, that Emma has used as a personal hideout, they travel to Blackpool and enter its January 2016 loop. They fight and destroy Barron's Wight and Hollow allies, and rescue Miss Peregrine and other captive Ymbrynes. When the last remaining Hollow arrives, Jake sees and avoids it, so it instead kills Barron and is then in turn killed by Jake.
Jake says goodbye to the children in 1943 while he stays in 2016 and goes to find Abe, who hasn't yet been killed due to Barron's death in early 2016 has erased his presence in Florida later on. After telling Abe of his adventures, Abe gives Jake a map of international time loops. He takes it, serves in World War II, and eventually reunites with his friends in 1943. Jake, Emma, Miss Peregrine and the children journey to seek a happy time loop.
Director Tim Burton makes a cameo appearance in the film as a visitor at the fun fair in Blackpool who gets a skeleton thrown at him by a Hollow. Glen Mexted, who previously worked with Burton as an extra in both Dark Shadows and the music video for the Killers' "Here with Me", also appears in the same scene as a customer eating ice cream.
The film rights to the 2011 novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs were sold to 20th Century Fox in May of that year. [12] In November, Deadline Hollywood reported that Tim Burton was in talks to direct and would also be involved in selecting a writer. [13] On December 2, Jane Goldman was reportedly hired to adapt the story as a screenplay for the film. [14]
On July 28, 2014, Eva Green was set to play Miss Peregrine in the film; Mischa Barton, Lucy Hale and Alison Sudol were also considered. [6] On September 24, 2014, it was announced that Asa Butterfield was being eyed for the second lead role as Burton's choice, but that at that time he had not yet been offered the role. [15] On November 5, 2014, Ella Purnell was offered a role and was in final talks to join the film; it was also reported that Butterfield had been offered the male lead role, and was the favored choice. [16] On February 6, 2015, Samuel L. Jackson was added to the cast to play Mr. Barron, while Butterfield was confirmed for the second lead role. [9] Terence Stamp, Chris O'Dowd, Rupert Everett, Kim Dickens, and Judi Dench were announced as being in the cast on March 12, 2015. [7]
Filming was initially set to begin in August 2014 in London. [17] Principal photography on the film began on February 24, 2015 in the Tampa Bay Area. [18] Filming lasted for two weeks in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties in Florida. [18] It is the second Tim Burton film to be shot in the Tampa Bay area, the first being Edward Scissorhands , in 1990. [18] Production of the film later moved to Caerhays Castle and Minions in Cornwall, and Blackpool in the United Kingdom, and Brasschaat, a municipality close to Antwerp, Belgium. [7] [19] [20] Filming also took place at Pinewood Studios. [21]
The film's score was composed by Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson. The soundtrack was released on October 11, 2016 by La-La Land Records and Fox Music. Florence and the Machine recorded the film's end credits song, "Wish That You Were Here".
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was originally set for a release date of July 31, 2015. [22] The release date moved to March 4, 2016, then again to December 25, 2016, [5] before finally moving to September 30, 2016.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children grossed $87.2 million in the United States and Canada and $207.9 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $295.1 million, against a production budget of $110 million. [3]
In the United States and Canada, the film opened alongside Deepwater Horizon and Masterminds as well as the wide expansion of Queen of Katwe , and was projected to gross around $25 million from 3,522 theaters in its opening weekend. [4] [23] In total, the film earned $28.9 million during its opening weekend, finishing first at the box office. [24] The opening was on par with Dark Shadows' $29.7 million in 2012, Burton's last big budgeted film. [24] Variety called it "a mediocre start" given the film's $110 million budget. [25]
It had number one openings in Russia ($6.3 million), France ($5.3 million), Mexico ($3.8 million), Australia ($3.1 million), Brazil ($2.7 million) and the Philippines ($1.7 million) and the biggest opening for Burton in Malaysia and Indonesia. [26] [27] In South Korea, it debuted at number two with $5.2 million. The film was released in China and Italy in December 2016 and Japan in February 2017. [28]
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 64% based on 259 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children proves a suitable match for Tim Burton's distinctive style, even if it's on stronger footing as a visual experience than a narrative one." [29] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 out of 100 based on 43 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [30] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. [31] [32]
IGN critic Samantha Ladwig gave the film a 7.2/10, summarizing her review with: "Though there are lingering questions about certain characters by the time the end credits roll, the film's striking visuals help compensate for its unemotional and anti-climactic script." [33] Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times wrote "Easily the director's finest work since his masterful 2007 screen adaptation of Sweeney Todd , and a striking reminder of what an unfettered gothic imagination can achieve with the right focus and an infusion of discipline." [34] USA Today 's Brian Truitt gave the film 3.5 out of 4 and wrote, "After a long run of dystopian YA movies for teen crowds, Burton is just the right guy to make cinema weird again." [35] Calvin Wilson of St. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the film 3.5 out of 4 and stated, "Burton delivers his most ambitious and engaging film since Sweeney Todd (2007). Although the story becomes increasingly complex as it goes along, the emotional payoff is more than worth it." [36]
Michael O'Sullivan of The Washington Post gave the film 3 out of 4 and wrote "The very idea of this – at once gruesome and darkly funny — is perfectly suited to Burton's sensibility, which also reveals itself in the casting of Butterfield, who has the quality of a young, slightly less freaky Johnny Depp." [37] The Guardian's Jordan Hoffman gave the film 4 out of 5 and said, "We get the playfulness of seeing quirky magic powers mixed with the familiarity of how a time loop plays out. Add in Burton's authorial visual stamp and what we've got is an extremely pleasing formula. It gels as Tim Burton's best (non-musical) live-action movie for 20 years." [38] James Berardinelli from ReelViews gave the film 3 out of 4 and stated, "Overall, despite feeling a little long and suffering from a rushed ending, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a fresh and engaging storybook adventure that should appeal to viewers both inside and out of the core demographic." [39] The New York Times ' Manohla Dargis gave a positive review, writing: "The story gets awfully busy — you may get lost in 1943 or perhaps closer to the present — but it scarcely matters. Mr. Burton's attention to detail and to the ebb and flow of tone (scary, funny, eerie), as well as his sensitive, gentle work particularly with the child actors, make each new turn another occasion for unfettered imagination." [40] Devan Coggan from Entertainment Weekly gave the film "B−" (67/100), with describing the film "The film chooses style over substance, emphasizing how cool the children's powers are without fleshing them out as full characters. To compete with Burton's best, his heroic weirdos need a little more heart — and the monsters need sharper teeth." [41]
Richard Roeper, who scored the film 1.5 stars out of 4, began his review by writing: "I'm wondering if the mutant kids at Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ever play basketball against their rivals across the pond, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. I'd watch that. I'd certainly rather watch that than Tim Burton's adaptation of the popular children's book about a school for freakishly gifted children. This is a messy, confusing, uninvolving mishmash of old-school practical effects and CGI battles that feels ... off nearly every misstep of the way. [42] Tom Huddleston of Time Out gave the film 2 stars out of 5, writing: "Director Tim Burton likes his films busy: watch a classic like Beetlejuice or Batman , and you'll be pushed to find a single frame that isn't packed with background detail, weird creatures, ornate furnishings and intricate costumes. The problem with his new film, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, is that the script is every bit as busy and it can get pretty confusing." [43]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Nominee(s) | Results | Ref. |
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Costume Designers Guild | February 21, 2017 | Excellence in Fantasy Film | Colleen Atwood | Nominated | [44] |
Globes de Cristal Awards | January 30, 2017 | Best Foreign Film | Tim Burton | Nominated | [45] |
Hollywood Music in Media Awards | November 17, 2016 | Best Original Song – Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film | "Wish That You Were Here" – Florence and the Machine | Nominated | [46] [47] |
People's Choice Awards | January 18, 2017 | Favorite Dramatic Movie | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Nominated | [48] |
Saturn Awards | June 28, 2017 | Best Fantasy Film | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Nominated | [49] |
Teen Choice Awards | August 13, 2017 | Choice Fantasy Movie | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Nominated | [50] |
Choice Fantasy Movie Actor | Asa Butterfield | Nominated | |||
Choice Fantasy Movie Actress | Eva Green | Nominated | |||
Visual Effects Society Awards | February 7, 2017 | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature | Jelmer Boskma, Frazer Churchill, Hal Couzens, Andrew Lockley and Hayley Williams | Nominated | [51] |
Women Film Critics Circle | December 19, 2016 | Best Family Film | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Nominated | [52] |
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