I was surprised to see Jane Goldman was the writer (adapting Ransom Riggs' book) as it's a humourless affair. The somewhat colourless Asa Butterfield is never going to make the most interesting performance, but the character isn't written very interestingly either.
It's a bit like a live action Nightmare Before Christmas in style, with little nods to other films like The Evil Dead, Groundhog Day, the Harry Potters and Ray Harryhausen.
Packed with names like Terence Stamp, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Chris O'Dowd, Samuel L. Jackson, Rupert Everett and Alison Janney it never resolves its own dilemmas (that the main character will have to desert his parents, that his love - Ella Purnell - will never be able to leave one of these time portaly things without ageing). It doesn't really gel or connect with the emotions.
Shot by Bruno Delbonnel somewhere in CGI Land.
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