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Show all (5)Twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.
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Martin Scorsese's Hugo is a children's film for grown-ups -- grown-up film buffs.
It's a charming and quite gorgeous exercise in the few corners of the medium where the Oscar-winning filmmaker has next to no experience -- children's stories, comedy and 3-D. And even though it is too long and the master has yet to develop much of a comic touch, this adaptation of Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a stunning exercise in 3-D and a delightful celebration of Scorsese's lifelong love of the movies -- something he, like Hugo, developed in childhood. (Full review)