Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) by Ryan P — 30 Dec 2016

Good special effects but hard to believe time machine type story.

This review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) was written by Ryan P on 30 Dec 2016.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Katie F (151) on 04 Apr 2018

I saw the film first, which made me love it. And then I read the books…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Sosmooth1982 (471) on 05 Jan 2023

A bunch of teens and children with weird special abilities like superheroes all in one house. Miss Peregrine is pretty much there mom…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Colby Bryant (83) for Colbybryant.com (72) on 08 Dec 2018

I don't think it will be a film I come back to over time, which is a shame considering how many times I've watched other Burton films out of…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Jes1310 (53) on 17 Sep 2019

This might not be a classic, but it sure deserves to be watched. Saw it with my daughter (age 12) and we both enjoyed it very much…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Matt Oakes (180) for Silver Screen Riot (180) on 05 Nov 2018

Burton's keen eye for imaginative landscapes lends Peregrine some much-needed visual pop ...but some of the big set pieces remain inexplicably…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Rn42594 (1) on 24 Jun 2018

I watched the movie because the premise seemed interesting…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Whiskeystories (57) on 11 Jan 2018

Dull and surprisingly quite banal…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Tipar (72) on 22 Sep 2018

It is not exactly boring but towards the end, you start feeling fatigated. Nice Dark Fantasy touches…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Sean Mulvihill (414) for FanboyNation.com (414) on 31 Oct 2018

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is Tim Burton's best film in years, though I know that's faint praise…

Read Review

Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Jens S (711) on 10 Sep 2018

Some parts of the film, especially the look, are typical Tim Burton. What's rather unusual for him is the slow pacing in the first act…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Eragon (2006)

By Walter Chaw (1,360) for Film Freak Central (1,643) on 14 Dec 2006

Fears that Fangmeier's debut would be the sequel to Dragonheart nobody wanted prove unwarranted. It's the sequel to BloodRayne that nobody wanted…

Read Review

Review of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)

By Jonathanm. (5) on 19 May 2008

This is the worst movie I have ever seen. I walked out of Weekend at Bernie's 2, so maybe that was a little worse…

Read Review

Review of Doctor Who: The Ark (1966)

By Matthew C (1,721) on 13 May 2011

A very cool William Hartnell episode finds the Doctor and friends on a space ship carrying the last remnants of a dying Earth toward a new…

Read Review

Review of Ghostbusters II (1989)

By Mathlover9000 (42) on 08 Mar 2018

While the first film was fun to watch, this film was not. This film was very boring to be honestly…

Read Review

Review of Frankenstein (1910)

By Adam F (1,100) on 22 Oct 2014

This 1992 version of Frankenstein tries to mix up the familiar story by changing a lot of details, with mixed results…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Midsommar

2019

69%207 Reviews

Talk to Me

2023

74%83 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Everything Everywhere All at Once

2022

78%291 Reviews

Barbarian

2022

72%115 Reviews

The Invitation

2022

47%33 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Hereditary

2018

72%1,650 Reviews