History YMMV / Hugo

* UncannyValley: The automaton.

* AwardSnub: Lost to ''Film/TheArtist'' (another brilliant love letter to cinema in a different sort) for Best Picture.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Howard Shore]] did the music. What do you expect?
* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the biggest polarizing comedians of the late 2000s, has a far more emotional and vulnerable role than usual and pulls it off very well.

* SpiritualAdaptation: It is by far, the best LiveActionAdaptation of Creator/{{Studio Ghibli}}'s works.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: As [[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/why-martin-scorseses-hugo-will-flop.php this article]] points out, a PG-rated family film being directed by the [[Creator/MartinScorsese same person]] who also directed a series of violent R-rated crime movies, in addition to starring the [[RefugeInAudacity infamously]] [[BlackComedy crude]] Creator/SachaBaronCohen, was a major reason for the film's financial failure despite positive reception.

* NightmareFuel:
** Both of his dreams, but ESPECIALLY the [[BodyHorror second one]].
*** The first dream is grim since we see Hugo getting (presumably) run over by a train, [[NothingIsScarier although we never see it happening]]; our only hint at the event is the train emitting a piercing screech as it goes on to barrel through the station and crash through the window. The scariest part? It (or its ending, to specify) was designed as an homage to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montparnasse_derailment a real-life train crash]].

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/why-martin-scorseses-hugo-will-flop.php This article]] neatly sums up why the movie had a hard time attracting an audience, despite the name of Martin Scorsese attached.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: An edited version of the film's poster is the current page image for this trope. [[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/why-martin-scorseses-hugo-will-flop.php This article]] neatly sums up why the movie had a hard time attracting an audience, despite the name of Martin Scorsese attached.

* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the biggest polarizing comedians working today, has a far more emotional and vulnerable role than usual and pulls it off very well.

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: [[http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/feature/why-martin-scorseses-hugo-will-flop.php This article]] neatly sums up why the movie had a hard time attracting an audience, despite the name of Martin Scorsese attached.

* TheWoobie: Both Hugo and Papa Georges. Actually, everybody at some point.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The opening flyby of the train station. It really shows how well 3D can be used in the right hands. And the aforementioned dreams.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[LordOfTheRings Howard Shore]] did the music. What do you expect?
* HeReallyCanAct: Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the biggest polarizing comedians working today, has a far more emotional and vulnerable role than usual and pulls it off very well.

* HeReallyCanAct: Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the biggest {{Love It Or Hate It}} comedians working today, has a far more emotional and vulnerable role than usual and pulls it off very well.

*** The first dream is grim since we see Hugo getting (presumably) run over by a train, [[NothingIsScarier although we never see it happening]]; our only hint at the event is the train emitting a [[HellIsThatNoise piercing screech]] as it goes on to barrel through the station and crash through the window. The scariest part? It (or its ending, to specify) was designed as an homage to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montparnasse_derailment a real-life train crash]].

* AwardSnub: Lost to ''TheArtist'' (another brilliant love letter to cinema in a different sort) for Best Picture.

* ConspicuousCG: The gears in the clock tower. While ''terrifically'' animated, you can sometimes tell that they aren't real, especially when comparing them to the real things on the sets.

* NightmareFuel: Both of his dreams, but ESPECIALLY the [[BodyHorror second one]].

* TheWoobie: Both Hugo and Papa Georges. Actually, pretty much everybody at some point.

* AcclaimedFlop: Borderline case, as it barely overcame its budget ($170 million) with $182 million worldwide.

* ConspicuousCG: The gears in the clock tower. While ''terrificly'' animated, you can sometimes tell that they aren't real, especially when comparing them to the real things on the sets.

* NarmCharm: Shoe Heels. [[spoiler: All the film strips]] were melted and turned into something so mundane (the Shoe Heels) that it could be funny, but ultimately it's still sad because something so precious and valued [[spoiler: that encapsulated a man's legacy]], could be reduced to such a cheap commodity, completely unremarkable, and lost forever.

* Signature Scene: The runaway train dream.

* HeReallyCanAct: Sacha Baron Cohen, one of the biggest {{Love It Or Hate It}} comedians working today, has a for more emotional and vulnerable role than usual and pulls it off very well.