An orphan in a train station in Paris has a lot of adventure and learns about the history of early silent film.
When it was announced that Marty the Great would make a children's film and in 3D expectations were high. The resulting film Hugo is not going to appeal to the Madagascar audience. This is a very specialized film, made more for film buffs than the general public.
Scorsese shot the film in 3D and does employ some clever imagery with this gimmick but overall it's difficult to see what 3D actually adds to the story besides giving me a headache and forcing me to pay more than usual for a movie ticket.
It's hard to find fault with the cast. Ben Kingsley probably has the best part that he's had in years. The kid Asa Butterfield is in just about every scene and is very good. Christopher Lee show up in a small part and overall the whole cast is up to the usual high Scorsese standard.
The film also looks great too. Scorsese has a group of collaborators that work with him on just about every film he does so the viewer can expect a high degree of technical skill.
Hugo is a personal film for Scorsese. The problem is that it will mostly appeal to film historians and buffs hardly the crowd that is going to make this a commercially successful film.
128 minutes.
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