Mesmerizing !!!!

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2012)

Hugo was a fun-loving,adventurous, fantasy children's movie which will be liked by people of all ages. Hugo (Asa Butterfield) is an orphan staying in the midst of a railway station in Paris. He fixes mechanical gadgets and railways clocks which he learns from his father and uncle. Unfortunately, his father dies in a fire accident and only way to seek the message left by his father is to fix the automaton. In order to fix the automaton, he starts stealing from a toy shop in the railway station owned by a cranky old man , George Melies (Ben Kingsley). But Hugo is caught stealing and the only way to compensate for his punishment is to work in the toy shop. Hugo befriends George's granddaughter Issabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz) during his tenure and successfully fixes his father's automaton. Eventually , he gets the message from the robot but in form of pictorial diagram which gives him a clue about George's past. Along with Issabelle , Hugo sets out to find the truth. Hugo , directed by the legendary director Martin Scorsese , is his first 3D fantasy film based on a novel written by Brian Selznick. When I saw the trailer for the first time , the film immediately reminded me of Polar express which was of same genre. The film was shot completely in 3D made it more exciting to watch. I have always Scorsese's work and this film goes one step further to prove his versatility. The master director has captured each frame so beautifully that audience will fall in love with the movie. The visual effects and camera work is so enthralling that you don't want to miss out the movie even for a second. Story and screenplay has been handled so efficiently that you would not feel bored ever. Art direction is magnificent. Dialogues are superb and inspiring. The child actor who plays the part of Hugo does justice to his part. Same goes for Chloe Moretz. But it is Ben Kingsley who steals the thunder. The actor is effective and carries the part of George Melies with such an ease. So , overall , a superb movie in all respect. Hats off to Martin Scorsese was experimenting something unusual and making it a fun-loving flick to watch. Very Good : 4/5