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'''''Hugo''''' is a [[2011]] [[United States|American]] [[3D movie|3D]] [[Adventure movie|adventure]] [[drama movie]] that is based on [[Brian Selznick]]'s novel ''[[The Invention of Hugo Cabret]]''. The [[movie]] is about a boy who lives alone in a [[Paris]] [[railway station]] and the enigmatic owner of a toy shop there. It was directed by [[Martin Scorsese]], while the [[screenwriter]] was [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]]. It is a co-production of [[Graham King]]'s GK Films and [[Johnny Depp]]'s [[Infinitum Nihil]]. It stars [[Asa Butterfield]], [[Ben Kingsley]], [[Chloë Grace Moretz]], [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], [[Ray Winstone]], [[Emily Mortimer]], and [[Jude Law]].

In [[1931]], Hugo Cabret, is a 12-year-old [[boy]] who lives with his [[father]], a [[widowed]], but kind and devoted master [[clockmaker]] in [[Paris]]. Hugo's father takes him to see movies and he loves the movies of [[Georges Méliès]] best of all. Hugo's [[father]] is burned alive in a museum fire, and Hugo is taken away by his [[uncle]], an [[Alcoholism|alcoholic]] [[watchmaker]] who is responsible for maintaining the [[Clock|clocksclock]]s in the [[Train station|railway station]] of [[Gare Montparnasse]]. His [[uncle]] teaches him to take care of the [[Clock|clocksclock]]s, then disappears. Hugo lives between the walls of the [[Train station|station]], maintaining the [[Clock|clocksclock]]s, [[Theft|stealing]] [[food]] and working on his [[Father|father's]] most ambitious project: repairing a broken [[automaton]] – a mechanical [[man]] who is supposed to [[Writing|write]] with a [[pen]]. Hugo steals mechanical parts in the station to repair the automaton, but he is caught by a [[Toy|toy store]] owner who takes away Hugo's [[Blueprint|blueprintsblueprint]]s for the automaton. The automaton is missing one part – a heart–shaped [[key]]. Convinced that the automaton contains a message from his [[father]], Hugo goes to desperate lengths to fix the [[machine]]. He gains the assistance of Isabelle, a [[girl]] close to his age and the [[goddaughter]] of the [[Toy|toy shop]] owner. He introduces Isabelle to the movies, which her [[Godparent|godfather]] has never let her see. Isabelle turns out to have the key to the automaton. When they use the key to activate the automaton, it produces a drawing of a movie scene Hugo remembers his [[father]] telling him about. They discover that the movie was created by Georges Méliès, Isabelle's [[Godparent|godfather]], an early – but now neglected and disillusioned – cinema legend, and that the automaton was a beloved creation of his, from his days as a [[magician]]. In the end, the [[Child|childrenchild]]ren reconnect Georges with his past and with a new generation of cinema aficionadoslovers who have come to appreciate his work

* [[Asa Butterfield]] as Hugo Cabret

* [[Ben Kingsley]] as Georges Méliès, the toy shop owner

* [[SachaChloë BaronGrace CohenMoretz]] as Inspector GustavIsabelle

* [[Jude Law]] as Archibald Cabret, Hugo's late father, a clockmaker

* [[Christopher Lee]] as Monsieur Labisse, the bookshop owner

* [[Helen McCrory]] as Mama Jeanne, Georges' wife

* [[MichaelRay StuhlbargWinstone]] as RenéClaude Tabard, a film historianCabret

* Frances de la Tour as Madame Emile, the owner of the [[café]]

* [[Richard Griffiths]] as Monsieur Frick, the newspaper seller. This was his last movie.\

The [[movie has]] appeared on the following critics[[critic]]s' top ten lists for the best movies[[movie]]s of [[2011]]:{{Citation needed|date=December 2011}}

| [[Glenn Kenny ]]|| [[MSN|MSN Movies]] || 2nd

| [[Peter Hartlaub ]]|| ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' || 2nd

| [[Richard Corliss ]]|| ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' || 2nd

| [[Lisa Schwarzbaum ]]|| ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' || 4th

| [[Richard Brody ]]|| ''The New Yorker'' || 4th

| [[Peter Paras ]]|| [[E! Online]] || 5th

| [[Keith Phipps ]]|| [[A.V. Club ]]|| 6th

| [[Todd McCarthy ]]|| ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' || 6th

| [[J. Hoberman ]]|| ''[[Village Voice]]'' || 8th

| [[Kim Morgan ]]|| [[MSN Movies ]]||9th

| [[Sean Axmaker ]]|| [[MSN Movies ]]|| 10th

| [[Glenn Heath Jr. ]]|| [[Slant Magazine]] || 10th

| [[Jeff Simon ]]|| ''[[The Buffalo News]]'' || {{n/a}}

| [[Manohla Dargis ]]|| ''[[The New York Times]]'' || {{n/a}}

| [[Phillip French ]]|| ''[[The Observer]]'' || {{n/a}}

[[Category:2011 adventure movies]]

[[Category:2010s2011 drama movies]]