A boy repairs his father's clockwork automaton in this meticulously crafted boys' adventure tale. The oddly stuffy first half is strictly for the kids with its overly fussy CGI, and the wistful second half is for the film-loving parents who will need an encyclopedic knowledge of early film. Scorsese has an obvious stand-in during the conclusion and I don't appreciate being scolded about film preservation (I had almost nothing to do with the loss of almost all silent films, Marty.), but I loved the film snippets and the inclusion of music by Erik Satie. I pay-per-viewed it. Here's a trailer, but you're probably already familiar with it since it won 5 Academy Awards including Art Direction, Sound, Cinematography and Visual Effects:
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