Cat Henry

Took me a while to warm to this film, as it is cringey to see adult actors pretend they have the developmental age of 3. Once it got going, though, I liked it, as a kind of Gothic erotic tale with a steampunk aesthetic. The green screen stuff was a bit obvious, and Mark Ruffalo’s British accent was adorably bad (I’m from the UK) but it worked as a sexy “Miss Perigrine’s Home..” for grownups. No, it may not be one for the history books or the Oscars, but works as a quirky romp through the forests and fields of freakish masculinity, sexual repression, naivety, cruelty, eroticism, and female empowerment. Something for everyone!