Hugo


Hugo
Based on the best-selling book, Scorsese produces a movie unlike anything else he's ever made. The story focuses on a little boy who lives secretly in a train station in France. He keeps the various clocks and devices at the station running, steals food for a living, and is trying to repair a mechanical man his deceased father was building. He is caught by a local shopkeeper and made to work, where he meets a young girl and together they make some interesting discoveries. This film is releasing in both 2D and 3D, this is the 2D version. Note too that although the age restriction is family-friendly, younger viewers may be bored.

126 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Adventure, Detective/Mystery, Drama, Family, Fantasy, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee
Director
Martin Scorsese
ScreenplayJohn Logan, from the book by Brian Selznick
MusicHoward Shore
CinematographyRobert Richardson
EditingThelma Schoonmaker
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2011
Produced byParamount Pictures, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreAdventure
LanguageNone
NudityNone
SexNone
ViolenceBrief (menace and threat)
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyNone
Drug abuseBrief
CommentsNone
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance SuggestedRated PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking
Runtime126
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
2
Violence
3
Blood / Gore / Gross
1
Guns / Weapons
2
Profanity
0
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
4
Frightening / Tense Scenes
4
Jump Scenes
2
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
4
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4


Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Theresa Smith
15
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople quote icon'Hugo' bekoor met onskuldige fantasie.
15
Box Office
Pete Hammond quote iconHugo is not only a great family film—it is a great film, period. Magical and imaginative, this eye-popping masterpiece from director Martin Scorsese will transport audiences to a place they won't believe.
20
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert quote iconHugo is unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life.
20
ReelViews
James Berardinelli quote iconWith Hugo, Martin Scorsese has accomplished what few in Hollywood are willing to try: make a movie for adults that arrives without sex, violence, or profanity and earns a PG-rating. It's a fairy tale for mature viewers, but the airy exterior hides emotional depth.
18
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers quote iconHugo will take your breath away. It truly is the stuff that dreams are made of.
18
ScreenIt
C. Fuchs quote iconWhile I'm not sure how I'd feel on a second pass of watching it (due to some fairly slow passages and some length that could have been truncated), the first time around is quite a charming, engaging and entertaining delight about movies of yesteryear and their effect on those who made and saw them.
15
Metacritic.com
41 critics
17
Rottentomatoes critics
190 critics
17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote iconHugo is an extravagant, elegant fantasy with an innocence lacking in many modern kids' movies, and one that emanates an unabashed love for the magic of cinema.
19
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
17
Movie Review Intelligence
51 critics
16

What the People say

Internet
22702 Netizens quote iconBeautiful film for cinema fans
16

Average .. 86%

17

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