‘Hugo’ Trailer: Martin Scorsese’s Lively, Pretty Family Fantasy
Trailers abound this week! But with a bumper crop that includesContagion,The Thing,John Carter,Pirates!, and soonThe Dark Knight Rises, who’s complaining?
Now here is the beautiful trailer forMartin Scorsese’s new filmHugo. As we’ve said so many times before, it is his first 3D film, and his first family-oriented movie. (Or, his first movie for the traditional family, rather than for the Family.) It is invigorating to see a master like Martin Scorsese turn his tricks to some classic tropes of the family film. WhenSacha Baron Cohen, playing a zealous Parisian train station guard, chasesAsa ButterfieldandChloe Moretz, it’s like some strange combination of the Keystone Kops andHome Alone. And while many fantasy-oriented family films try for ‘beautiful’ and merely end up with ‘shiny,’ there are truly lovely sights here.Hugolooks like a 3D film to be actually excited for. Check out the trailer below.
There appears to be a lot more to the story than the Keystone Kops antics, fortunately. That’s just the best stuff to throw in a 3D trailer to run onHarry Potter’s last opening weekend. There is also the intriguing early sci-fi angle, thanks to the mechanical man seen throughout the trailer, and the early days of cinema factor thanks toBen Kingsley’s character, Georges Méliès. The very broad action/adventure angle is certainly a part ofHugo, but I suspect there’s a lot more depth here.
See the HD version atApple.Hugoopens on July 22, 2025.
Hugo tells the story of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. With the help of an eccentric girl, he searches for the answer to a mystery linking the father he recently lost, the ill-tempered toy shop owner living below him and a heart shaped lock, seemingly without a key. Based on Brian Selznick’s award winning and imaginative New York Times bestseller, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, this magical tale is Academy Award(R)-winner Martin Scorsese’s first film shot in 3D.
