A very immersing movie, with a touch of mystery about it

Rating: 8/10 (6 May 2012)

I must say, I found the movie to be very gripping and this in one movie, where the plot seemingly twists from direction to another direction gradually, but not in one moment but very slowly and when the movie ends you realise the movie was not at all about what you were thinking about, but something else entirely. There is no one moment, where this plot twist happens its generally over the course of the movie that the question presented to you near the start of the movie, is not the pivotal question, even though at the start it appears to be.
There is a hint of mystery hanging over the movie throughout, and gradually the layers are peeled off, but far from things becoming clear they become more tangled up and then the movie takes its own turn, and things become more clear, and then the movie ends.
Many questions remain unanswered, and normally in 95 out of 100 movies when this happens, the movie is a disappointment. Not with Hugo though, it is one of those movies, where these questions remaining unanswered, is one of those times where you joyfully realise, that you were asking the wrong questions and more importantly that you focused too much on these questions to understand that the movie had taken a rather interesting turn, and the person who you thought to be the protagonist, at the start, while still a very important character, is not who the movie is about, but another person has very silently and unnoticeably stepped into his shoes.
It is a very satisfying movie from that point of view. Oh and those unanswered questions, are not really unanswered, just that the movie never expressly answers them. Once the movie, ends you only need to think back to those unanswered questions and you will find answers to them, just that they are a lot simpler than you thought they would be.
A good movie experience all along.