This 56-minute musical tale conceived with puppets is a jewel with a true artist's eye, something charmingly poetic and full of directorial finds... It's a house bet that pays off, a truly beautiful film for children elevating the genre. After taking their little ones to the Harry Potter screen, parents might want to make a detour to Ex-Centris to see what's being done in the genre here at home, on a shoestring, but with a sense of wonder that's priceless.

Odile Tremblay, Le Devoir , Montréal, November 13th 2001

Parents who are resistant to Disney productions and want to to show their offspring a different form of animation will be delighted by Hugo and the Dragon. It's very pretty, poetic, colorful, hand-crafted, but above all inventive, and children, especially little ones, will love it.

STUDIO, #186, February 2003

An adventure featuring over 40 puppets, each more lively than the last, and a night of shooting stars to make our eyes sparkle.

À nous Paris, Feb. 3 to 9, 2003

Poetry and craftsmanship are on the menu of this musical tale from Quebec, which beautifully embroiders the themes of dreams and friendship. This engaging work has the luxury of showing the six black-clad puppeteers at work, animating some forty puppets, without detracting from its charm.

Virginie Gaucher, Pariscope, Feb. 5 to 11 2003

Lots of magic, fantasy, invention, poetry and song... A hand-crafted adventure with no special effects, a few bits and pieces, but also a great deal of sophistication in scenic and graphic research.

Figaro,Feb. 5, 2003

Hugo et le dragon is a musical tale from Quebec in which two staging styles are blended: that of a puppet show and that of a film shoot. The particularity of the former is that there's nothing from behind the scenes that is hidden from us. Draped in black, discreet but clearly visible, the puppeteers breathe life into their creatures before our astonished eyes. And then, the camera's movements, take over the space of Hugo's universe plunging us into complete reverie.

Utopia Cinéma, Feb, 2003