A very hot and cold movie - there were some parts that felt cliched and boring to me, and I never really got attached to Hugo himself. But when the story shifted to Méliès and his legacy it became completely enthralling. The passion infused into those scenes is infectious, and it really made me enjoy the movie a lot.

I can imagine Scorsese joy in filming this

Great movie for kids and adults alike. At some point in the movie story shifts from mysterious fantasy to a drama, and later part is much better. Film looks really good, even shitload of CGI didn't ruin it. But what makes it really worthwhile, in my opinion, is emotional power. Who doesn't like dreaming and movies, after all.

The acting of the kids got on my nerves a lot of times, so that was very distracting. I did like the last part, about Melies, but the bits before that didn't interest me that much. Was fun to see the process of making such a film, with those costumes and sets (even though that wasn't real, duh).

I couldn't really get into all the kid's stuff, because I was grown in a East-European laboratory and as such never had a real childhood, but I totally loved all the old school film elements. The teal and orange overload is unforgivable though. Who the hell thinks that shit looks good, especially when it's so terribly overdone? For shame.

One of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen.

A magnificent homage to George Melies.

Suffers from a totally misguided ad campaign marketing it as a children's film (because kids really care about the birth of cinema?). Kingsley practically carries the film by himself, which is a great achievement for him, but lame for the viewers who are stuck watching children and SBC for half the time.

Beautiful story about an orphan and Georges Méliès filmmaker.

Okay, at first I thought this would be one big cliché -- an orphaned boy, a beautiful train station, clockwork, an eccentric fantasy-prone girl -- but the beauty of it captured me and I really appreciated the surprising turn into the history of film making.

This film evokes movie magic through its use of state of the art effects used to parallel early practical effects. A strikingly on-the-nose score assists to much the same effect. The characters are real humans, none of them any stranger to loss. The train station, with its clear vaulting and steampunk-ish machinery, brings together all of these elements perfectly. As far as I'm concerned, these things give this film a pass for its overuse of the otherwise played-out orange-teal contrast.

I found it weird that Martin Scorsese was making a family movie, but it was pulled off outstandingly well. The imagery and cinematography are fascinating, as well as some of the portrayals of real movie history. Most of the conclusion is pretty predictable, but there's a lot of light comedy and scenes bordering fantasy along the way that really spice it up.

A great movie from Scorsese, not the normal movie you would expect from him. I didnt see it in 3D but I am sure the experience would have been better. The movie is an amazing tribute to movies by a movie maker. The protagonist of the movie Hugo is charming. The films cinematography is really good. A must watch for all movie goers.

Some lovely cinematography helps along a somewhat underwhelming script and character development. It really is a good looking well acted film though. I am not sure why so many people were so displeased by it.

...and I thought The Artist was underwhelming. As of now my lowest ranked Scorsese film, not to say the story of Melies isn't fascinating but this is structured horribly. Two thirds of the film are fluff, Sacha Baron Cohen chasing kids while my eyes were beset by teal and orange didn't end up being a good time.

Impressive cinematography

Don't get me wrong, It does have some qualities (the cinematography, the art direction, somewhat charming characters, the personal agenda), but quite frankly, this is one of the poorest films in Scorseses career. The core character plot is too weak (it screams BAD adaptation), the main character's goal is too wake from the start. The film tries to make up for this by introducing other characters in the train station, but this is only done so half-heartedly as we never really get to know them.

Quality: 4.5/5 Enjoyability: 5/5 Watched: Feb 29, 2012 Rated: Before Mar 10, 2012

Intriguing in the beginning, but becomes severely disjointed by inserting a documentary. A few parts didn't really add up, plot-wise, which didn't harm things, but I didn't get the feeling that this was an amazing film.

I'm not trolling, I promise. Scorsese's my all-time favorite director. But this movie made me sleepy. It's positively drunk on cutesy-poo whimsy, and the first hour's so unbelievably, startlingly saccharine as to be almost unbearable (a thoroughly unappealing lead actor doesn't help the matter any). The second hour's sweet and kinda moving, and the visuals are amazing throughout, but the two halves of the story never really add up, and holy cow, is this thing precious.

Something about great filmmakers embracing their passion and geekiness regarding their craft is wonderfully enthralling. Hugo, himself, was not all that wonderful as a central character, but once we got to see Melies the story became pretty great. Scorsese torn the screen apart with incredibly vibrant cinematography. A visual treat.

It works better as a drama than as a kids movie, but the mix is awkward. Might have been touching as a straight-up melodrama. Instead, it almost turns into a bio-pic meeting an ad for film preservation, leaving little screen time for plot and character. Don't get me wrong, 'Hugo' is pretty good. I just never got misty-eyed - or even slightly nostalgic. Maybe it's just that I'm not really a fan of Melies. This year's other silent movie tribute, 'The Artist', spoke much more to my love for cinema.

Just think, in 100 years they'll make a movie about a homeless kid living in a Starbucks that will eventually lead to a tribute to Martin Scorsese. Hmmm, makes ya think.

With one word:Overwhelming! And I'm really happy to see Kingsley back on the screen in a good movie (as far as i remember he made a movie with the greatest looser of all time Uwe Boll) A movie, that celebrates the beginning of cinema since the Lumiere brothers invented the movie. And Scorsese shows once again, that he has many facettes and do not stuck to any.specific genre. But the trailer is misleading. Hugo Cabret is not a funny movie for kiddoes. It's a melancholic fantasy journey!

A romantic reminisce about the time cinema was magic.

Stunning cinematic homage to early french film. Not as original or daring as The Artist, but nice just the same. It's funny, this year at the oscars an American used film to glorifying old French cinematography and a Frenchman used his own film to glorify early American cinematography.. Hugo's one major fault stems from it's target audience

A gorgeous but empty shell. 2011's Matrix. Or Avatar. Or Tranformers. If this is about the love of the cinéma, I don't know what was Cinema Paradiso about. Very bad acting from the boy + unnecessary quirky-comic figure of Cohen. 60 only for visuals (and visuality seems to be everything today).

"A Invenção de Hugo Cabret" me deixou absolutamente encantada. Scorsese foi brilhante, sensível, e o resultado é um lindo filme-homenagem ao cinema e a um de seus gênios, George Milies. Um filme inesquecível, que agradou a mim e ao Gui de formas diferentes, mas arrebatadoras - e que vale cada uma das suas 11 indicações. "O cinema é como ver seu sonho à luz do dia" diz o garoto Hugo. Nesta obra de Scorsese, é exatamente isso que acontece. Viva o cinema!

Begins as an aimless children's fable, with the (random) loss of a parent, a secret robot and a heart shaped key. All this is abandoned halfway through, and 'Hugo' blossoms as a love letter to cinema, marred by trying to double as 'film school for kids'. There's a great movie hidden in the material, but Scorsese keeps piling on homages, that does little for the overall emotional impact, but test the viewer's bladder control. It is a poorly directed mess, really.

kingsley's melies is very fine and moving, but otherwise this is scorsese's worst picture in ages

While I by no means consider 'Hugo' a masterpiece I do find Scorsese's love of cinema rather heart warming and feel sympathetic towards his urge to educate the public on the matter through his very public love affair with movies. I'm not sure the choice to make this an all out childrens movie was the right one since it kind of ends up between two chairs. It's charm does not deny itself however, and i find it a nice gesture to lend an old and long gone director a voice.

Scorsese still rising. Taste like "Be Kind Rewind".

filmlerin hayalleri anlattığını, eski filmlere değerin yitirildiğini, insanın hayatta bir amacı olduğunu, yılmadan hayatta tutunulması gerektiği falan filan. yönetmenin sinemanın şartlarını son zerresine kadar kullanması güzel ama içerikte sıradanın dışına çıkmamış.

- beautiful hommage to the film pioneers - nice adventure-type story telling without real highlights - average actors - huge ammount of lovely details - great directing

Hugo is a heartfelt masterpiece by one of the greatest film-lovers of all time. It's as touching and compelling as it is a visual and sensorial experience to feel.

For being as unfocused as it was, I actually enjoyed Hugo more than I thought I would. This is mostly because I couldn't wipe the shit eating grin off of my face with all of the parts regarding historical film. Without that element of the story (and it should've been more), it would've been a thoroughly mediocre film.

A loving homage to one of the great pioneers of cinema and a visually pleasing children's fable.

Exceeded all expectations by being really warm, intelligent and beautiful. The best use of 3D I've seen so far.

A fine movie, but the disconnect between the first and second half not having a satisfactory segue hurts it. It felt disjointed, even if both halves are very good.