A Major Achievement Again for Scorsese

Rating: 10/10 (10 May 2017)

What an amazing experience! Scorsese's ability to capture widely different cinematic experiences is underscored by this beautiful, haunting and ultimately inspiring achievement as it follows a young boy as he inadvertently opens a long-closed door into cinematic history. But there's so much more...brilliant 3D work that will be equally as good without glasses. A cinematic wonderland of sterling scenic splendors of Paris, a train station, and Hugo's curiosity that leads to a superb blend of intriguing characters and awe-inspiring discoveries, both for Hugo and the movie audience. If there is any drawback at all it may be Sasha Cohen who sometimes seems to demand too much screen hysterics..But that is not ruinous, and it ends well. To think that Scorsese can do gangster epics...then a masterwork of thrills like 'Shutter Island'...and this gift of charm ... is a movie-going adventure into skill and dexterity. I loved every minute.