Mark Kermode who writes for The Guardian often describes 3D as, "pointy pointy." He thinks that it's just things poking at you for no reason but Martin Scorcese's child-friendly film, Hugo, 'pokes' (ironically) that theory. It's a whirlwind adventure set in a Paris train station, it shows lonely orphan Hugo (Asa Butterfield), who's father (a Jude Law cameo, almost) perishes in a fire at a museum. Hugo fixes the clocks, as his job, while his reprobate uncle (Ray Winstone), who runs the clocks, techinically, spends his days drinking himself until his death. Soon Hugo befriends, friendly girl, Isabelle (Chloe Moretz). They have adventures in the station while trying to discover the mystery, of his father's final ongoing project, a mechanical man. They manage to evade the watchful eye of the stationmaster, played by Sacha Baron Cohen. I enjoy the sub-plot featuring, Richard Griffiths and Frances de la Tour. Ben Kingsley, comes in as Papa George, Isabelle's caring godfather, who is more than he reveals. The same can be said for Helen McCrory, who plays Mama Jeanne. Enjoyable stuff.
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