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Podcast: School of Movies
Episode: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Description: [School of Movies 2019]
On paper this is a film we should absolutely love, based on a book we should also absolutely love. Average boy discovers a secret, secluded old mansion populated by strange children with special powers, looked after by an eccentric and magical woman, played by a fine actress and directed by a man known for his quirky outsider tales and memorable imagery. From a multi-part children's book series literally inspired by odd Victorian photographs!
And yet it was a strangely cold, disconnected, hollow experience filled with troubling and ultimately unexamined behaviour that makes...