He keeps calling Boov security officer Kyle (Matt Jones) his best friend, when the feeling is decidedly not mutual. When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children. With Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Samuel L. Oh, who is basically an alien version of Sheldon from “The Big Bang Theory,” is a brilliant mechanic - he turns Tip’s mother’s car into a slushie-fueled hovercraft - but he can’t read social cues. Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children: Directed by Tim Burton. Several of the songs on the soundtrack are Rihanna’s, with Lopez belting out a ballad as well. She holds, unsurprisingly, the biggest appeal of the film, not only contributing her cultural background and voice acting to the project, but also her music. Like the pop star, Tip is beautiful, from Barbados and multiracial, so it’s an understatement to say Rihanna was perfectly cast. The character of Tip was obviously written for Rihanna. If the Boov don’t stop that e-mail from going through, the Gorg will arrive and destroy the planet. Alone with her feisty pet cat, Tip sets out in the family car in hopes of finding her mom, teaming up along the way with Oh (Jim Parsons), a misfit Boov who’s a wanted criminal after sending a party invite to every creature in the universe - including the Gorg. The 12-year-old heroine, Gratuity “Tip” Tucci (singer Rihanna), is accidentally left behind as her single mother (Jennifer Lopez) is whisked away. Smek (voiced by Steve Martin) renames Earth “Smekland,” relocating all humans to amusement-park compounds in Australia. When the Boov, a color-changing alien species that’s perpetually on the run from the evil Gorg, invade Earth, leader Capt. But this kiddie sci-fi adaptation doesn’t quite live up to its evocative title.īased on Adam Rex’s best-selling children’s book “ The True Meaning of Smekday,” “Home” is essentially a road-trip buddy comedy about a little girl looking for her mom and a lonely alien looking for a friend.
Evoking “The Wizard of Oz,” “Annie” and “E.T.,” “ Home” is about the yearning for the comforts of family.