Metacritic Movie Ratings
Hugo Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 100

  out of 100

  Variety

  In attempting to make his first film for all ages, Martin Scorsese has fashioned one for the ages. Simultaneously classical and modern, populist but also unapologetically personal, Hugo flagrantly defies the mind-numbing quality of most contempo kidpics.

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• 100

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  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  The way Hugo deals with Melies is enchanting in itself, but the film's first half is devoted to the escapades of its young hero. In the way the film uses CGI and other techniques to create the train station and the city, the movie is breathtaking.

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• 100

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthy

  A fabulous and passionate love letter to the cinema and its preservation framed by the strenuous adventures of two orphans in 1930s Paris.

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• 100

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  The New YorkerDavid Denby

  Hugo is superbly playful.

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• 91

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  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  Hugo both ticks and flies by, a marvel meant to be pulled from the cabinet and enjoyed again and again.

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• 90

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  Waves of melancholy wash over the story and keep the treacle at bay, as do the spasms of broad comedy, much of it nimbly executed by Mr. Baron Cohen.

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• 88

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia Puig

  Overall, however, 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.

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• 70

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  The director's visually thrilling Hugo 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.

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• 50

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  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Visually Hugo is a marvel, but dramatically it's a clockwork lemon.

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