Hugo (2011) reviewed by George – stopthefud

This is a film for people who love movies. Not westerns, or musicals, or mysteries, or comedies, or sci-fi, but all movies, of every type, from every country, and with actors who may or may not be famous. If you are a lover of movies, of all types and kinds, then you must see this movie. It tells of a young boy, orphaned and living in the hidden places of a Parisian train station, and keeping all the station clocks running by winding them regularly, and of how he believes that a certain automaton contains a message from his father, and of how he meets Georges Melies.The boy, Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) is an invisible part of the stations family, which includes Monsieur Labisse (Christopher Lee) who owns the bookstore, Madame Emilie (Frances de la Tour) who owns the cafe, Monsieur Frick (Richard Griffiths) who sells souvenirs from a cart, the Station Inspector (Sacha Baron Cohen) who enforces the law but rather heavy-handedly, and Lisette (Emily Mortimer) who sells flowers and secretly loves the Inspector. It used to include Hugos Uncle Claude (Ray Winstone), with whom Hugo was living until he disappeared. Claude was the clock winder and everyone assumes he is still doing that, since the clocks keep accurate time.Hugo came to live with Uncle Claude after his father (Jude Law) was killed in a fire at the museum where he worked, and the automaton, which was his fathers pet repair project, came with Hugo. Hugo is convinced that his father put a message for him in the automaton, so he continues to attempt repairs.Now though, Hugo meets Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz), who becomes a friend and confidant, and she is the goddaughter of Georges Melies(Ben Kingsley), whom Hugo meets, along with Mrs. Melies, Mama Jeanne (Helen McCrory).Scenes from several Melies films are used in the movie, and it turns out the automaton is his.A wonderful wonderful film, emotional and rich, that you should definitely see.Music by Howard Shore, Based on the Book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Screenplay by John Logan, Directed by Martin Scorsese.

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