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Alynda Wheat, People: MODERATE (cg) "After a tedious first hour, 'Hugo' morphs into a loving primer on film history and preservation that must absolutely thrill Scorsese's inner child. I question whether real 9-year-olds will be so enthralled." (Read the full review...) 138 words, 11/24/11 Richard Corliss, Time: OUTSTANDING "...a fable as sensitive and powerful as any Scorsese film since 'The Age of Innocence' nearly two decades ago. Bursting with earned emotion..." (Read the full review...) 1,466 words, 11/25/11 Christy Lemire, Associated Press: VERY GOOD (cg) "...it's thrilling to see Scorsese make a bold, creative leap..." (Read the full review...) 677 words, 11/22/11 Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...exquisite... a marvel meant to be pulled from the cabinet and enjoyed again and again." (Read the full review...) 334 words, 11/25/11 Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a spectacular adventure... in Scorsese's hands, 3D becomes an art.... 'Hugo' will take your breath away. It truly is the stuff that dreams are made of." (Read the full review...) 307 words, 11/25/11 Claudia Puig, USA Today: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...enchanting... ingenious... emotionally rich... the manner in which the film blends the tale of an imperiled boy and the history of cinema makes for an ambitious and fanciful ride." (Read the full review...) 565 words, 11/23/11 Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life." (Read the full review...) 1,004 words, 11/23/11 Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: OUTSTANDING (cg) "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." (Read the full review...) 783 words, 11/21/11 James Berardinelli, Reel Views: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Those with a passion for early cinema are likely to adore it, although a knowledge of and appreciation for Georges Méliès is not requisite to enjoy Scorsese's loving homage." (Read the full review...) 1,064 words, 11/24/11
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...serious, beautiful, wise to the absurdity of life and in the embrace of a piercing longing.... its most heartfelt passages are about Georges Méliès." (Read the full review...) 1,265 words, 11/23/11 Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "All the actors are wonderful, including Sacha Baron Cohen as a villainous Inspector who rounds up orphans when he's not flirting with a flower girl (Emily Mortimer) or gossiping with café regulars (Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour)." (Read the full review...) 262 words, 11/23/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...has real moments of 3-D magic. Sadly, they aren't quite enough to make this adaptation of Brian Selznick's celebrated novel, 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret,' a wholly satisfying experience." (Read the full review...) 768 words, 11/23/11 Kyle Smith, New York Post: MODERATE (cg) "...never feels like childhood... Scorsese is one of the great cynics and ironists, but place him at kids'-eye level and you have taken away his chief skill." (Read the full review...) 692 words, 11/23/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "Rich and stimulating even when it wanders... 'Hugo' is big, and it exists mainly to dazzle, but its storytelling ambitions are more modest. I enjoyed it more than many a later Scorsese picture." (Read the full review...) 727 words, 11/23/11 Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...brims with joy... may appeal more to your inner child than to the real one sitting next to you." (Read the full review...) 306 words, 11/23/11 David Edelstein, New York Magazine: EXCELLENT "...a deluxe, gargantuan train set of a movie... I liked the film enormously but am not so ready to use the 'm' word.... 'Hugo' often feels like a film about magic instead of, well, a magical film..." (Read the full review...) 824 words, 11/23/11 Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...unlike any other film Martin Scorsese has ever made, and yet possibly the closest to his heart: a big-budget, family epic in 3-D, and in some ways, a mirror of his own life." (Read the full review...) 1,004 words, 11/23/11 Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Scorsese's first foray into big-budget family filmmaking -- as well as his inaugural effort in 3-D -- 'Hugo' is a personal statement disguised as a sellout." (Read the full review...) 731 words, 11/23/11 Peter Howell, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "Scorsese's cinematic swoon goes a bit too far. He's actually made two movies, just one of which fully resonates. That's the second-half homage to movie pioneers like Georges Méliès..." (Read the full review...) 807 words, 11/23/11 Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to be amazed!" (Read the full review...) 819 words, 11/23/11 Josep Parera, La Opinion: VERY GOOD (cg) "Hay mucho de qué disfrutar en esta apuesta familiar del cineasta Martin Scorsese... Es una lástima que no llegue a esa categoría." (Read the full review...) 552 words, 11/23/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "I don't begrudge Scorsese for making this bauble; after decades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, it's probably the best way to get his message out. I just don't know whether it works as a movie." (Read the full review...) 365 words, 11/24/11
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a valentine to the cinematic artists whose work the filmmaker has toiled so tirelessly to champion and preserve." (Read the full review...) 701 words, 11/23/11 Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...a state-of-the-art affair, an epic adaptation of Selznick's pretty-epic-itself tome, full of dazzling visuals and rapturous tributes to Méliès and the magic of movies." (Read the full review...) 707 words, 11/23/11 Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an 80 minute bon bon struggling to break out of a two hour and ten minute souffle." (Read the full review...) 573 words, 11/23/11 Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...much of the fun here is seeing how Scorsese can take cues from beloved old films and spark them to life for today's audiences." (Read the full review...) 569 words, 11/23/11 Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Scorsese recreates the creation of motion pictures, and it is every bit as magical as the people making them believe it to be." (Read the full review...) 459 words, 11/23/11 Ty Burr, Boston Globe: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a testament to the possibilities of pictures moving on a wall... a grand farewell and a stunning reintroduction..." (Read the full review...) 751 words, 11/23/11 Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledger: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...the film is many things -- an artist's experiment with a new medium and genre, a story full of adventure and innocent delight. But mostly it's a gentle love letter to the movies and their pioneers." (Read the full review...) 558 words, 11/23/11 Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE (cg) "...a movie that's kinetic yet slow, whose joys are architectural more than spiritual." (Read the full review...) 676 words, 11/23/11 Soren Andersen, Seattle Times: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an endearing homage to a pioneering master of the movie medium, Georges Méliès..." (Read the full review...) 194 words, 11/23/11 Shawn Levy, Portland Oregonian: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...the most purely entertaining film that Martin Scorsese has made since 'Goodfellas'.... a superb film..." (Read the full review...) 278 words, 11/23/11 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...designed to be a 3-D movie, and it's such an apt application of the technology that there ought to be a law against watching it on TV." (Read the full review...) 340 words, 11/23/11 Steve Persall, St. Petersburg Times: EXCELLENT (cg) "...wonderment for the eyes from the outset doesn't reach the heart until halfway through... Make it that far -- several viewers at a screening didn't -- and history comes alive." (Read the full review...) 578 words, 11/24/11 Tom Long, Detroit News: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...pure movie magic." (Read the full review...) 458 words, 11/23/11 Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD (cg) "...conveys the excitement and curiosity of a master filmmaker adding a new tool to his box of toys." (Read the full review...) 597 words, 11/23/11
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "Scorsese's first foray into big-budget family filmmaking -- as well as his inaugural effort in 3-D -- 'Hugo' is a personal statement disguised as a sellout." (Read the full review...) 731 words, 11/23/11 Josh Tyler, Cinema Blend: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...a celebration of people who've dreamed big... one of the most beautiful movies of the year..." (Read the full review...) 695 words, 11/24/11 Ann Lewinson, Boston Phoenix: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...unwittingly proves that old movies really were better." (Read the full review...) 164 words, 11/24/11 Scott Tobias, AV Club: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...enchanting... a complex fusion of film history and personal history, filled with dazzling embellishments and unabashed sentiment about the glories of cinema." (Read the full review...) 415 words, 11/22/11 Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...oversized, ambitious and expensive-looking -- and still it manages to be lovely, which is the hardest task of all to pull off, even for an alleged movie genius like Scorsese." (Read the full review...) 1,129 words, 11/23/11 Phil Coldiron, Slant: VERY GOOD (cg) "What makes this Scorsese's best film since 'The Age of Innocence' is the curious view he takes of both this boy and the sea of artifice in which he's set adrift." (Read the full review...) 1,096 words, 11/22/11 Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "I don't begrudge Scorsese for making this bauble; after decades of tireless advocacy for cinema history, it's probably the best way to get his message out. I just don't know whether it works as a movie." (Read the full review...) 365 words, 11/24/11 Curt Holman, Atlanta Creative Loafing: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...feels padded with canine sight gags, superfluous dream scenes, and repetitious flashbacks. Twice we see turn-of-the-century movie audiences panic at the sight of the Lumière Brothers' 'Train Arriving at a Station.' " (Read the full review...) 720 words, 11/23/11 MaryAnn Johanson, Flick Filosopher: MODERATE (cg) "I'm the very audience 'Hugo' secretly wants to beguile, but I'm left cold by it. What a shame." (Read the full review...) 838 words, 12/01/11
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: WEAK "Visually 'Hugo' is a marvel, but dramatically it's a clockwork lemon." (Read the full review...) 639 words, 11/25/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...serious, beautiful, wise to the absurdity of life and in the embrace of a piercing longing.... its most heartfelt passages are about Georges Méliès." (Read the full review...) 1,265 words, 11/23/11 David Denby, New Yorker: OUTSTANDING "...a beautifully told and emotionally satisfying story for children and their movie-loving parents.... both a summing up of the cinematic past and a push forward into new 3-D technologies." (Read the full review...) 895 words, 11/21/11 Andrew Lapin, NPR: OUTSTANDING "...a marvel of spectacle, a sensory feast steeped in cinematic lore that proves pure joy is attainable in three dimensions." (Read the full review...) 645 words, 11/22/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...has real moments of 3-D magic. Sadly, they aren't quite enough to make this adaptation of Brian Selznick's celebrated novel, 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret,' a wholly satisfying experience." (Read the full review...) 768 words, 11/23/11 Dana Stevens, Slate: MODERATE "...somehow, for me, this earnest, pretty movie never came to life on screen; it remained a curio in a cabinet, to be admired through a pane of glass." (Read the full review...) 939 words, 11/23/11 Andrew O'Hehir, Salon: OUTSTANDING "I have seen the future of 3-D moviemaking, and it belongs to Martin Scorsese." (Read the full review...) 1,416 words, 11/24/11
Peter Debruge, Daily Variety: OUTSTANDING "...one for the ages. Simultaneously classical and modern, populist but also unapologetically personal..." (Read the full review...) 1,176 words, 11/18/11 Todd McCarthy, Hollywood Reporter: OUTSTANDING "A passionate brief for film preservation wrapped in a fanciful tale of childhood intrigue and adventure... dazzlingly conjoins the earliest days of cinema with the very latest big screen technology. At once Martin Scorsese's least characteristic film and his most deeply felt.... A work of great imagination indeed." (Read the full review...) 1,465 words, 11/17/11 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...has real moments of 3-D magic. Sadly, they aren't quite enough to make this adaptation of Brian Selznick's celebrated novel, 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret,' a wholly satisfying experience." (Read the full review...) 768 words, 11/23/11 Emanuel Levy, Cinema 24/7: OUTSTANDING (cg) "A must-see fable for movie lovers of all ages..." (Read the full review...) 1,716 words, 11/21/11 Manohla Dargis, New York Times: OUTSTANDING "...serious, beautiful, wise to the absurdity of life and in the embrace of a piercing longing.... its most heartfelt passages are about Georges Méliès." (Read the full review...) 1,265 words, 11/23/11 Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: WEAK "Visually 'Hugo' is a marvel, but dramatically it's a clockwork lemon." (Read the full review...) 639 words, 11/25/11
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