The defence The Adrenaline Seeker
“It owes the canon nothing.”
The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Adventure · Fantasy · 2016
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.
Movie details
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
“Stay peculiar.”
2016 Adventure · Fantasy 2h 7m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.8 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?
For the defence
The Adrenaline Seeker
“If it slows down, you check your phone.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Tim Burton
Written by
Jane Goldman
Eva Green
Miss Peregrine
Asa Butterfield
Jacob
Samuel L. Jackson
Barron
Judi Dench
Miss Avocet
Rupert Everett
Ornithologist
Chris O'Dowd
Frank
Allison Janney
Dr. Golan
Court is in session
Put Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Auteur Devotee
“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”
It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.