Rating: 7 out of 10 Cast: Eva Green as Miss Alma LeFay Perigrine Asa Butterfield as Jake Portman Samuel L. Jackson as Barron Judi Dench as Miss Avocet Rupert Everett as Ornithologist Allison Janney as Dr. Golan Chris O’Dowd as Franklin Portman Terence Stamp as Abraham Portman Ella Purnell as Emma Bloom Finlay MacMillan as Enoch O’Conner Lauren McCrostie as Olive Abroholos Elephanta Hayden Keeler-Stone as Horace Somnusson Georgia Pemberton as Fiona Fruanfeld Milo Parker as Hugh Apiston Raffiella Chapman as Claire Densmore Directed by Tim Burton Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Review: Tim Burton is no longer the subversive filmmaker of his youth; insert Hot Topic cliché joke here, if you like.