OK, if not for ridiculous plot holes, and leaving most things unexplained.

Rating: 5/10 (11 June 2014)

It had some funny scenes and a some what inspiring plot.
But how can it seriously get such a remarkable reviews, whilst the conclusion of the movie makes almost no sense, in that they hardly explain the ending at all! and leaving so many questions unanswered. If that's what it takes to make a good movie then I guess all the bad directors/writers of the world should take notice. As long as the ending is happy just leave everything to ambiguity. It seems they insult the viewer by leaving everything undefined, whilst giving the premise as if they didn't.
We as the audience to really try to feel for the characters and to has suspended disbelief in the plot, however this is hard when they are killed off in the end for no reason in ridiculous ways dark humour perhaps? How did Gustave save the boys life by dying? Surely they would have killed the boy anyway if that's what they intended. Idiots would leave this point unnoticed.
On a side note the choice of casting for the main cast was crude at best. The actor that plays the kid looks to be from the middle east with a dark olive skin completion, and the older version appears to be Slavic with a big Bulgarian nose, absurd to say the least how hard can it be, they could hardly have looked more different. 5/10 is perfectly reasonable score for this movie.