
Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle, which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets shopkeeper George Melies, ... (Full plot summary below)
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Hugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle, which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running. The only thing that he has left that connects him to his dead father is an automaton (mechanical man) that doesn't work without a special key. Hugo needs to find the key to unlock the secret he believes it contains. On his adventures, he meets shopkeeper George Melies, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking goddaughter Isabelle. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers that it unlocks memories that the old man has buried inside regarding his past.
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| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesA gorgeous, moving and amorous love letter to the very cinema it is born from, and a celebration of the youthful wonder that is concealed in everyone - yes, even those of us resolved to the cynicism of adult thinking. |
| Critic's NotebookMartin TsaiBut once the "Cinema Paradiso"-esque celluloid nostalgia bits kick in, it makes total sense why he succumbed to paying lip service to family entertainment in order to make the movie he really wanted to make. |
| 2UE That Movie ShowBlake HowardIt's an ode to cinema; it's everything that modern cinematic audiences take for granted. This film is Scorsese's gift to an audience that isn't old enough to have ever heard his name. |
| PopMattersCynthia FuchsAs much as Hugo is being touted as Scorsese's foray into 3D, Méliès' images, flat, awkward, and strangely beautiful, are its most memorable. |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJim LaneIs it possible that Selznick's award-winning book is even half as marvelous as the movie [Martin] Scorsese and writer John Logan have made from it? If so, I can hardly wait to read it. |
| culturevulture.netEmily S. MendelDirector Martin Scorsese brings us an enchanting Christmas gift ... a marvelously inventive and inspiring 3-D film that has a heartfelt holiday message. |
| SSG SyndicateSusan GrangerOpulent, dazzling, enchanting screen adaptation of a beloved children's book. It's family-friendly fun. |
| Birmingham Mail Graham Young( ... ) goose down floating around the set takes Scorsese's hard-hitting career into soft new dimensions |
| Financial TimesNigel AndrewsIt is glorious to be thrown and blown about in this make-believe metropolis. The digitally enhanced shapes and colours suggest Jeunet and Caro reworked by a polychromatic Piranesi. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeAs soon as the lights went up in the theater, I told my viewing companions that I honestly felt that seeing the film was a privilege. |