A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Cinematography
That bombed-out 1943 loop cloaked in perpetual golden hour.
Costume
Eva Green's impossibly blue dress and corset situation.
Practical Effects
Hollowgast design: eye-fingers that still haunt me.
Director
Tim Burton
Eva Green
Miss Peregrine
Asa Butterfield
Jacob Portman
Samuel L. Jackson
Barron
Judi Dench
Miss Avocet
Rupert Everett
Ornithologist
Chris O'Dowd
Franklin Portman
Allison Janney
Dr. Golan
Ella Purnell
Emma Bloom
Terence Stamp
Abraham Portman
Milo Parker
Hugh
Cameron King
Millard Nullings (voice)
Finlay MacMillan
Enoch O'Connor
Kim Dickens
Jake's Mom
Lauren McCrostie
Olive
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ransom Riggs wrote the novel using vintage photographs he collected at flea markets; Burton used many actual photos from the book. Spoiler level: FREE
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Reactions from the web
The title reminds me of "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends"
@Megatron-xs2qe 19
Jane Goldman wrote this, her name alone is enough to convince me that this is going to be brilliant. She wrote Kingsman and also both X-Men First Class and Days of Future Past. On another note, Eva Green really does give me a vibe of being very, Cate Blanchett like
@redluca56 17
Anything Tim Burton is always amazing .
@jacquelinealvarez545 1
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