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It is a love letter to silent film, particularly the work of Georges Méliès, one of the earliest film directors and who gave us La Voyage dans La Lune:
Hugo brings a lot of the visual style and panache of Méliès work into its own aesthetic but as well as being a gorgeous film, Hugo provides a wonderful musing on the worth of someone's life work and the power and endurance of dreams. The protagonist is driven by love and grief but also and insatiable curiosity, much like a filmmaker. Hugo wants to repair the clockwork man that he and his late father worked on as a way to feel less alone and his quest brings him into contact with others who have also succumbed to loneliness.
You do not have to be a film geek to enjoy it, though the references are fun and plot relevent if you can see them. It moves almost seamlessly from a mystery plot and all in all is is a great watch.
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