A long boring wait for something that never came.

Rating: 4/10 (1 March 2012)

I came to watch this movie with low expectations but with hope that I would be wrong, I wasn't. I did not watch this in 3D but I am guessing from what it looks like in 2D it was pretty awesome; however despite the way the film appears it is just empty. The story keeps you waiting for the big revelation, why is the guy who works at the toy stall so sad? And when you find out why you realise you guessed it in a previous scene, there is no big revelation, there is only the appearance of one and that is just annoying, I spent over an hour waiting for something that should have been at least good but instead was just embarrassing for the old toy guy. Without including any spoilers his story was much less devastating than that of Hugo or even his Goddaughter and made his situation seem like a joke. The only reason I gave this film 4 out of 10 was because I thought Sacha Baron Cohen was funny and again the film looked good. Also (and yes I know this was a kids film) the acting was over the top and cheesy.