Georges Méliès: My life has taught me one lesson, Hugo, and not the one I thought it would. Happy endings only happen in the movies.
Director:
Producer:
Johnny Depp, Graham King, Timothy Headington & Martin Scorsese.
Cast:
Asa Butterfield as Hugo Cabret
Ben Kingsley as Georges Méliès, the toy shop owner and former filmmaker.
Chloë Grace Moretz as Isabelle, Georges’ goddaughter
Sacha Baron Cohen as Inspector Gustave,
Ray Winstone as Claude Cabret, Hugo’s Uncle
Jude Law as Hugo’s father, a clockmaker
Christopher Lee, Monsieur Labisse, the bookshop owner
Helen McCrory as Mama Jeanne , Georges’ wife
Michael Sthulbarg as René Tabard, a film historian
Emily Mortimer as Lisette, the flower girl
Frances de la Tour as Madame Emile, the owner of the café
Music:
Howard Shore
Based on Brian Selznick‘s novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”
The Story:
Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.
The Review:
What a wonderful movie. The acting of Chloë Grace Mortez and Asa Butterfield was brilliant. This is Martin Scorsese’s first movie shot in 3D. It’s a truly brilliant movie and the music was also fantastic. It won 5 oscars: Best Art Direction, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects and Best Sound Editing.. It deserved all the awards. Its an enjoyable movie.. God knows why they are not releasing it in India. The reason given was that “it had no famous actors.” What about Ben Kingsley, Jude Law and Moretz? And they also said that it didn’t do well in the US box office. Did they even check? It earned around: $180,000,000 dollars.
Still they wont release it.
Final Verdict:
8.5/10
Galactica 