Where is the plot?

Rating: 4/10 (22 August 2012)

I didn't see the movie in a cinema, I didn't see it in 3D, I saw it on a 19 inch laptop screen so there was not really much in respects of eye candy. The only chance the movie had to entertain me was by telling me a good story. And I regret to say: It failed miserably. The story is: An orphan boy called Hugo together with his orphan friend Issabelle find out a big secret. The girls godfather did make movies once. Now, why is this such a big secret - perhaps he has some enemies, or the movies did contain secrets? No. Hold your breath - it's a big secret because: He doesn't want to talk about them anymore.
Well - that's it. That's all there is. Whole story. I wish I could tell you that there was at least some character development but there wasn't. OK I am lying one character is developing and learns how to master three different ways how to smile.
The other characters don't server any real purpose, the dialogs are cheesy, and the mechanical man has no real purpose either. They characters do nothing to progress the story - because there isn't really one. Very disappointing movie.