In 1930s Paris, Hugo Cabret lives in the secret spaces of a railway station, and wonders about an automaton that his father had created, that requires a heart-shaped key to start.
From that very kid-centric premise flows a movie that, despite employing fabulous scenes and wonderful effects, is still a kids' movie.
Martin Scorsese delivers a good-looking, high-quality children's movie, that for some reason has won a host of awards.
It's strange how Hollywood's penchant for bringing out three or four movies at a time, all bearing the same message, has resulted in this case in films like Hugo and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close. Both works of art, both apparently complex, yet both making the same point: that finding their father is at the heart of every young boy.
As long as you accept this as a children's movie, you won't be disappointed.
As long as you accept this as a children's movie, you won't be disappointed.
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