The first thing to say... is that it is a visual wonder... But the second thing to say is nothing else is as exciting as the look of it and if there is a third thing it is this: Hugo himself is rather boringly bland and I didn't much care for him.

| Aug 31, 2018

It is a miraculous achievement that, during this home stretch, engages on levels and in ways few other films can admit to, and as such makes a decided case to be considered as one of the year's finest achievements.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 27, 2012

Being a hardcore cinephile (like Scorsese) might add a layer of enjoyment, but it certainly isn't a prerequisite for walking in the door. A sense of wonder, however, is.

Full Review | Jan 3, 2012

Hugo is an intensely personal statement from Scorsese, one not just about magic, but also the magic of cinema.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Dec 9, 2011

Leave it to Martin Scorsese to use 3-D not as a gimmick, but as a means of drawing us into a unique and magical environment...

Full Review | Dec 2, 2011

Hugo is cinema shining a light reverently up its own fundament.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 2, 2011

Scorsese transforms this innocent tale into an ardent love letter to the cinema and a moving plea for film preservation.

| Dec 1, 2011

Hugo's best moments are those that aren't actually Hugo.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2011

It is glorious to be thrown and blown about in this make-believe metropolis. The digitally enhanced shapes and colours suggest Jeunet and Caro reworked by a polychromatic Piranesi.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 1, 2011

It's possible to see the attraction, but when people break into applause over the credits, some are going to be left cold.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 1, 2011

It's a deeply felt piece of work, something which only Scorsese could have brought to the screen...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2011

Hugo is nothing short of gorgeous.

| Nov 30, 2011

It might be curtains for celluloid, but Scorsese, a boyish 69, clearly isn't leaving the stage any time soon. He directs every film with the passion of his first. And it shows.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 29, 2011

This love letter to the movies is something to cherish.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2011

Thematic potency and cinematic virtuosity -- the production was designed by Dante Ferretti and photographed by Robert Richardson -- can't conceal a deadly inertness at the film's core.

Full Review | Nov 28, 2011

This is a great director's greatest love story.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 28, 2011

For all the wizardry on display, Hugo often feels like a film about magic instead of a magical film...

| Nov 28, 2011

I have seen the future of 3-D moviemaking, and it belongs to Martin Scorsese, unlikely as that may sound.

| Nov 24, 2011

Aside from being one of Scorsese's most personal films, it's also one of the least cynical films of this or any other year.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 23, 2011

Scorsese has created a world of wonder... in his elaborate adaptation of Brian Selznick's illustrated book The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Full Review | Nov 23, 2011