Hugo
- Director: Martin Scorsese
- Writer: John Logan; Brian Selznick
- Producer: David Crockett; Barbara De Fina
CGiii Comment
Winner of 5 (technical) Oscars...a snip at $170,000,000.
Pity nothing was spent on the story or on acting lessons...the boy in particular, more suited to being in a re-make of The Omen...Sacha Baron Cohen is inept and unable in a disabled role.
Nothing actually happens in 2 very long hours - the 3D keeps it interesting but even that, after a while, becomes a chore.
A severe dis-service has been done to a true pioneer of cinema...Georges Mèliès, we salute you - this film doesn't.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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 George Melies, a shopkeeper, who works in the train station, and his adventure-seeking god-daughter. Hugo finds that they have a surprising connection to his father and the automaton, and he discovers it unlocks some memories the old man has buried inside regarding his past.
Cast & Characters
Ben Kingsley as Georges Méliès;
Sacha Baron Cohen as Station Inspector;
Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret;
Chloe Grace Moretz as Isabelle;
Ray Winstone as Uncle Claude;
Emily Mortimer as Lisette;
Christopher Lee as Monsieur Labisse;
Helen McCrory as Mama Jeanne;
Michael Stuhlbarg as Rene Tabard;
Frances de la Tour as Madame Emilie