Hugo (3D)

On one level Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' is a children's film set in the 1930s about an orphan who lives in the clock tower of a Paris railway station in constant fear of discovery in case he be sent off to an orphanage. He becomes drawn to a toy shop on the concourse of the station which then leads to his discovery of a wondrous new world.

On another level altogether the film is a loving tribute to the moving picture, its creators and the world of cinema. This is a marvelous film visually, a sort of cinematic pop up story book. It looks splendid in 3D.

I wondered if 'Hugo' was a little long and lacking in action for children but there were many present at my session and they sat through it all without any visible or audible indications of restlessness.

Something special.