Hugo

2011 126 min ★ 7.2 Adventure, Drama, Family

Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and notebook left to him by his late father. Accompanied by the goddaughter of an embittered toy merchant, Hugo embarks on a quest to solve the mystery of the automaton and find a place he can call home.

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Cast

Asa Butterfield

Hugo Cabret

Ben Kingsley

Georges Méliès

Chloë Grace Moretz

Isabelle

Sacha Baron Cohen

Station Inspector

Ray Winstone

Uncle Claude

Emily Mortimer

Lisette

Christopher Lee

Monsieur Labisse

Helen McCrory

Mama Jeanne

Michael Stuhlbarg

René Tabard

Frances de la Tour

Madame Emilie

Details

Director

Martin Scorsese

Screenplay

John Logan

Tagline

"One of the most legendary directors of our time takes you on an extraordinary adventure."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$170,000,000

Revenue

$185,770,160

Production

GK Films, Infinitum Nihil

Reviews

K

Kamurai

September 27, 2020

★ 7/10

Really good watch, might watch again, and can recommend. Asa Butterfield, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Ben Kingsley, and Sacha Baron Cohen all give a great performance in this weird, weird setting of an alt history train station, or hell, maybe this is a true story and I'm just that unfamiliar with the birth of cinema. There is a great message of love and togetherness in this, but it's told in such a...