Coming from a 12 year old. I have to say this movie was great. I enjoyed reading the book. I don't understand why so many people think children hate this. I mean maybe they should read the book maybe they might like the book more than the movie. Anyways I loved the book and the movie. I recommend it to children 12 and up because this movie might not be understandable to someone younger.

Hugo is not Scorsese’s usual beat, Robert De Niro is tucked up in bed thousands of miles away.
Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is an orphan who lives in the clock tower and keeps the railway’s many clocks running
as he was taught by his father (Jude Law). His only companion is a mechanical man that his father
was fixing, and Hugo is driven to complete him guided by his fathers sketchbook in order to receive
a secret message. When hugo loses this book however he is forced out into the open to retrieve it.
He takes a job from Georges(Ben Kingsley) to earn his book back, and he is befriended by George’s
granddaughter Isabelle, played by Kickass’s Chloë Grace Moretz. She introduces him to books annd
in return he does the same with movies

This was actually a really nice story with some good acting. The setting was good and although the story dealt with some serious issues it was done nicely so would be perfect for kids to watch.

I think Mr Cohan's charachter was very good and portrayed wonderfully. I think this will make an ideal present for my niece or nephew when it comes out on DVD.

"I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason."

The legendary Martin Scorsese once again proves himself a master movie-maker with this breathtaking homage to the birth of film and the power of good storytelling. Scorsese brilliantly weaves together several refreshing themes about finding life purpose to fashion the imaginative Hugo. Driven along by the desire to fix a broken mechanical automaton that his father (Jude Law) left behind following his accidental death, Hugo learns about the life and family of George, while also unraveling the secrets surrounding his own life. With an intricately layered and beautifully rendered story, Hugo poignantly wrestles with the deep emotional question of life purpose.

Excellent Film. I wrote a paper on this movie and got an A. it was awesome.


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