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43 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceChris PackhamVillage VoiceChris PackhamBurton scales his finale down to the size of a tourist boardwalk for an unexpectedly gripping crowd-pleaser of an action scene.
- 80The GuardianJordan HoffmanThe GuardianJordan HoffmanWe 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.
- 75Slant MagazineEd GonzalezSlant MagazineEd GonzalezTim Burton's direction reminds us of the distinct, peculiar coyness that was always at the heart of his best films.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeGoldman’s frequently amusing script is the secret ingredient that makes “Miss Peregrine” such an appropriate fit for Burton’s peculiar sensibility, allowing the director to revisit and expand motifs and themes from his earlier work.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyFor a time, an appealing gentleness prevails that's rooted in this unique inter-generational romance, a feeling augmented in particular by Purnell's slow-blooming flower of a performance, and if the film had remained focused more on the improbabilities of this love story, it might have emerged as something rather special.
- 60EmpireChris Hewitt (1)EmpireChris Hewitt (1)While it's neither as dark, funny nor peculiar as you’d expect from Tim Burton, there’s still much here to admire.
- 50We Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWe Got This CoveredMatt DonatoWith Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton focuses all his energy on a dusty, far-too-droll buildup that's far from worth whatever short-lived excitement his finale brings.
- 42IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid Ehrlich“Miss Peregrine’s” is a hollow ode to wonder and weirdness that suggests we’re running perilously low on both.
- 40Time Out LondonTom HuddlestonTime Out LondonTom HuddlestonLike four or five Harry Potter books squeezed into a single movie: it makes precious little sense.
- 25TheWrapAlonso DuraldeTheWrapAlonso DuraldeThis adventure should have been spooky and witty and exciting, but instead it’s just dreary and dull. Peculiarity has rarely been this tedious.