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.

Time to hang on....

Credits

Cast	Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, Christopher Lee
Director	Martin Scorsese
Screenplay	John Logan, from the book by Brian Selznick
Music	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Robert Richardson
Editing	Thelma Schoonmaker
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2011
Produced by	Paramount Pictures, GK Films, Infinitum Nihil

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Adventure
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Brief (menace and threat)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Brief
Comments	None
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for mild thematic material, some action/peril and smoking
Runtime	126
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	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith	15
Die Burger Laetitia Pople 'Hugo' bekoor met onskuldige fantasie.	15
Box Office Pete Hammond Hugo 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 Hugo 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 With 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 Hugo will take your breath away. It truly is the stuff that dreams are made of.	18
ScreenIt C. Fuchs While 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 Hugo 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	17
Movie Review Intelligence 51 critics	16
What the People say
Internet 22702 Netizens Beautiful film for cinema fans	16
Average .. 86%	17