Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children.

A truly stunning film. Saw the adverts, knew instantly that I wanted to see it as soon as it came out in Cinemas but unfortunately had a prior engagement to see something on the day that it came out so now two days later have suffered the torture of small children for hours to enjoy this film.

We had a joke going that all the people who didn't pass the exam for Xavier's gifted school got a part in this film. The talents of these children are done in a different way to those films and it doesn't try to be something that it isn't- this is better than X-men, it doesn't have all the crap that comes with being part of the X-Men franchise.

Terence Stamp is fantastic. One of the best things about this film is that it is so simple. His peculiarity isn't obvious or overdone, it allows the film to flow nicely and allows for a slight twist at the end. We know that the bad guy will find a way of coming after the good guy and will get there in the end but the combination of powers in the fight at the end is something that X-Men never managed to do. He doesn't have a huge part in it but it is the most crucial part. Eva Green is sublime. She has chosen her career very carefully. Making her name through Casino Royale and then preserving her name by not featuring in stupid rubbish films she has become something to be admired. Her performance was well, there was no one else who could or should have been cast for this role. She pulls off the weird with the wonderful and controlling to perfection. Sizing up to Samuel L Jackson and owning him is not something that we can all do.

Rupert Everett and Alison Janney were slightly expected as characters. No one would believe that Alison Janney could be a psychiatrist because we all remember her powerful advise from Juno of 'Honey that's because doctor's are sadists who like to play God and watch lesser people scream'. Credit them for trying but it just wasn't really possible. Rupert Everett was always going to be how he was but being a bird watcher was something stunning. Chris O'Dowd was remarkably exactly like how I imagine him being as a father and I have to say that it's not something that I hope will ever happen- it's not a particularly encouraging performance of fatherhood.

Just watch the film- don't think about watching it just do it. Everything should stop until you have seen this film and if you are lucky you may be able to avoid watching the film surrounded by annoying little children. Everyone loves a bit of Tim Burton and he isn't even being particularly weird in this film, the film is representative of the book and he hasn't tried to inflict his personality on it too much.