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Brilliant film by Martin Scorsese, based on the novel, "The Invention of Hugo Cabret." Many great performances including Helen McCrory as Mama Jeanne, wife to Sir Ben Kingsley's Georges Melies, an early French director of silent films. If not for the outstanding cast, Sacha Baron Cohen would have stolen the show, in a surprisingly understated dramatic role, as the Paris Train Station inspector, trying to catch the nimble young thief, Asa Butterfield, who lives in the station and survives on his wits after his father and neglectful uncle die. Chloe Grace Moretz is equal parts charm, intelligence, and curiosity, as the grandchild of Melies, trying to redeem young Hugo and her grandfather's contributions to film, after being forgotten.
One of only a handful of films I've every seen in the theater where the audience literally stood up and cheered at the end!
A great selection that every family should see.
