Since his childhood, Jake has listened attentively to the stories of monsters told by his eccentric grandfather, which nobody takes seriously. When his grandfather is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Jake’s father agrees to accompany him to an island in Wales, to an orphanage run by Miss Peregrine, who was at the centre of these fantastic stories. When he discovers the building was destroyed during World War II, Jake thinks the stories were false. But when he finds a age that leads back in time and meets children with extraordinary gifts, he has no idea he is about to face some very real monsters...

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For fifteen years, the magic of the iconic Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children only confirm this. On paper, it's ideal: a group of kids who are rejected because of their differences live together in a castle in the midst of childhood magic and nightmarish monsters. In reality, Burton has again made a big budget flick that is both awkward and enchanting, which fails to find both rhythm or tone. Cold, often mechanical, sometimes burdened by special effects, is not a bad movie. It’s just another middling Tim Burton movie.