Hugo what is it about

I will say that the undertone of darkness in the book is heightened in the movie. Although it's rated PG and there is nothing unsuitable in terms of scary, violent or mature content, kids younger than 10 or so will probably find some parts of the story too sad. Its pace and mood are also on the slow and subtle side.

There are some spectacular special effects, but this is not a movie for the car chase-and-explosion crowd. It is told in a straight-forward way, totally suitable for kids and yet not at all dumbed down. There is no meta-level of adult humor or comprehension; you and your kids will take it in in the same way.

The characters have their faults, but are still likable. As the movie progresses, they grow and reveal themselves. If you're ready to take a serious look at how human beings find fun and fulfillment, then this movie is for you.

Hugo is Scorsese's first foray into 3D filmmaking. For example: The station inspector and his Doberman guard dog chase Hugo through the train station. Hugo leaps and tips over a dinner table, scaring people sitting at the table, while the inspector runs into a group of musicians and destroys a double bass. The inspector roughly pushes people out of the way as he tries to catch Hugo.

The inspector catches a crying and distressed young boy and shoves him into a small wire cage in his office. The inspector phones the police, telling them to pick up the boy and take him to an orphanage. Content that may disturb children Under 8 In addition to the violent scenes mentioned above, this movie has some scenes that could scare or disturb children under eight years.

Later we hear that the body had been at the bottom of the river for several months before being discovered. Hugo tries to escape the station inspector and jumps onto a train track to get his fallen automaton. Hugo is pulled to safety just in time.

In a dream scene, Hugo stands on a train track with a train speeding towards him. The trains destroys things as it rushes through a crowded station. In his dream, Hugo then transforms into an automaton. Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret. Ray Winstone as Uncle Claude. Richard Griffiths as Monsieur Frick. Helen McCrory as Mama Jeanne. Emily Mortimer as Lisette. Michael Stuhlbarg as Rene Tabard. Reviews Scorsese meets the sorcerer of cinema. Roger Ebert November 21, Now streaming on:.

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Now, with this celebration of magic and the imaginative use of 3D, he is saluting what many will see as an alternative kind of cinema to his own.

But Scorsese has always been fascinated by the all-involving experience of moviegoing and has a knowledge of and affection for film history matched by few directors of his generation. Since the s he has used his influence and his money to campaign for the restoration and preservation of films. Hugo is a moving, funny and exhilarating film, an imaginative history lesson in the form of a detective story.

The film is a great defence of the cinema as a dream world, a complementary, countervailing, transformative force to the brutalising reality we see all around us.