I will admit, I didn't have the highest expectations for Hugo, but these expectations were definitely exceeded. Hugo follows Hugo Cabret (played perfectly by Asa Butterfield), a 13-year-old orphan living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He owns an automaton, or a mechanical man, that is supposed to write with a pen. His father, a master clockmaker, found it in an old museum. His father had taught Hugo about clockmaking and they were fixing the automaton before Hugo's father died. Hugo went to live with his alcaholic uncle, who maintains the clocks in the train station. After his uncle leaves, Hugo is left to keep the clocks running, all the while stealing food to survive and parts for his automaton from a toy store without getting caught by the station inspector (played nicely by Sacha Baron Cohen). He makes friends with girl who also romes the station, but happens to be the god-daughter of the toy maker (Another great performance by Ben Kingsley). Together they uncover many secrets to the toy makers past and a link between the toy maker and Hugo's father.
Hugo is directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese, who won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director for Hugo. He really has done well with this. There is the odd innacuracy in this film that I won't go into, but it doesn't pull the quality down one bit. Also a must see in 3D.
Great visuals, great acting, great story...Great movie.
8.5/10
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