A disaster film or disaster movie is a film genre that has an impending or ongoing disaster as its subject and primary plot device. (myintimcity.com)
The picture's primary plot revolves around Jenna (Keri Russell), a pregnant piemaker, who's hopelessly stuck in a bad marriage to an abusive jerk (Jeremy Sisto). (kamwilliams.com)
The neglected story of Hugo himself is where the director's indulgence is most evident, his infatuation with Méliès (and other personal interests) trumping and shortchanging the ostensibly primary plot line, resulting in an occasionally crippled pace that merely turns the pages of John Logan's script. (slantmagazine.com)