Martin Scorsese's First Family Movie 'Hugo' is a Must-see 3D Fare

While award-winning director Martin Scorsese is not known for "nice" family movies, he's breaking the mold with his first family-oriented film, Hugo.

Shot in pure 3D, the film, written by John Logan and based on a Carnegie prize-winning novel by Brian Selznick, is ostensibly a child’s adventure about a young orphan called Hugo (Asa Butterfield, from The Boy With Striped Pyjamas) struggling to survive within a French railway station, where he’s been dragged as child labour by his uncle (Ray Winstone) after the untimely death of Hugo’s dad (Jude Law).




Unlike most 3D movies, Hugo was shot using 3D not as a money-making gimmick but as a storytelling device, to add height, depth, humour and intensity.

Another virtue is that the picture shows a fascination with early cinema that’s joyful and infectious.

And it has a worthwhile lesson about the importance of preserving old film for future generations, that I know is close to Scorsese’s heart.

Hugo has a magic that’s rare in modern movies. This is a real Christmas charmer, and easily the most gorgeous live-action movie ever made in 3D