Another Take: Hugo (2011)

By Paco McCullough

If there is a hell, a double feature of Hugo and Toy Story 3 will be there waiting for me. See, as a grown man, there is nothing I hate more than shedding tears over fictional characters on a screen, and only the aforementioned two have made me choke up as an adult. Hugo is a masterwork, incredibly poignant and compelling (especially for a kid's movie), perfectly acted, and Martin Scorsese's direction proving that 3D can be used as an incredible storytelling device. It's easily his best film since The Departed.

Hugo 3D (2011) Review

By Jason Haskins

In Martin Scorsese’s follow-up to 2010’s Shutter Island and hot off the cuff of his documentary about George Harrison earlier this year, he embarks on a new path: the path of a kid-friendly movie that is bursting with 3D technology. There’s no question about 3D being a gimmick to plump up the green returns, but it has been done well in the past—notably in James Cameron’s Avatar and to a greater extent Jackass 3D. Scorsese has taken the technology to the next step—one that Cameron has said is the best use of it he’s ever seen. This is Hugo (2011).