Wonderful

Rating: Null/10 (22 November 2011)

I saw Hugo at a free screening in SF (thanks SFFS!) last night. It was not what I expected and was really...wonderful. My middle schooler and highschooler knew the story. They say that the movie was much better than the original story. From the trailer, I thought it was going to be a movie for kids with lots of 3D twists and turns. Instead, I got a beautifully sentimental story about the wonder of film and about our potential to be healed from past hurts.
This really isn't a typical kid movie. I think my 8 year old and 10 year old would have liked it but I don't think they would understand what it was really about. The pacing and character development is really more like an old Capra movie than a modern Disney or most Pixar movies. My 12 year old thought it was good and I think my 16 year old really liked it. I thought Hugo was a lovely movie for anyone who enjoys film.