Review of Hugo (2012) by Stephen S — 28 Mar 2015
This film takes forever to get off the ground, and the first half hour is so incredibly boring. I don't even care about Hugo for most of it...I would have rather seen a movie that focused on George Melliers instead.
..he's a far more interesting subject. My main problem with this film though is that it doesn't know what it wants to be. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be magical or gritty, depressing or uplifting, or just a snapshot of life in Paris post WWI, and a look at all the characters of the train station and their daily lives.
Now, it could be all of these things, but it doesn't do any of them particularly well, otherwise this movie would've been so much better. The last 20 minutes or so really salvages this movie though thankfully.
If you watch this film, don't expect too much out of it.
This review of Hugo (2012) was written by Stephen S on 28 Mar 2015.
Hugo has generally received very positive reviews.
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