First look at Scorsese's Hugo

He just couldn't hold out any longer. Martin Scorsese, the prince of urban squalor, male neurosis and – just occasionally – transcendent spirituality, has finally succumbed, and gone all Harry Potter.

HugoProduction year: 2011Countries: France, USA Directors: Martin ScorseseCast: Ben Kingsley, Chloe Moretz, Christopher Lee, Emily Mortimer, Helen McCrory, Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron CohenMore on this film

At least, that's what the trailer for his new film Hugo suggests. Steam trains, mechanical contraptions, winsome kids in 1940s short trousers: it's all there. In fact, little Chloe Moretz repeats what was clearly the movie's pitch line about two-thirds of the way through: "It's Neverland and Oz and Treasure Island all wrapped into one."

Can Scorsese do justice to Brian Selznick's award-winning book? Does he have the family-friendly instincts that will mean he can push the right buttons, a la his compatriot Steven Spielberg? And is Sacha Baron Cohen hurtling into a wedding cake actually all that funny? What do you think?

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