Tati making tentative amends with technology
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09/25/09
Trafic (1971)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:14
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Jacques Tati's beleaguered and oblivious alter ego Mr. Hulot returns for his fourth screen appearance in this ridiculous and sublime automobile-focused film. Cars and drivers, present as subplots... [More]
Starring: Jacques Tati, Maria Kimberly, Marcel Fraval, Honore Bostel
Director: Jacques Tati
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Reviews for Trafic
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Trafic is a relative trifle but nevertheless delightful.
08/07/09
...in the breezy vapor that amounts to the movie's plot, it's not the destination that counts, but the leisurely, amiably aimless travel you take getting there.
02/02/09
Top Critic... an imaginative, clever, gently humorous spoof of car culture and the drivers who are stuck in its gridlock
08/27/08
An enjoyable classic in choreographed sight gags about gridlock.
07/22/08
Jacques Tati's Trafic serves as a scaled-down but inescapably fitting companion piece to its predecessor, the monumental Playtime.
07/14/08
No review available.
03/05/08
Tati, who's brilliant at commenting on modernization, here again provides insights into modern life that make for one of the freshest and funniest pictures to hit the screen in years.
11/14/07
A masterpiece in its own right -- not only for the sharp picture of the frenetic and gimmick-crazy civilization that worships cars, but also for many remarkable formal qualities.
11/14/07
Top CriticLike Godard, Tati is also remarkably appreciative of the odd beauty that can be revealed in the shapes, patterns and colors created by the technology of planned obsolescence.
11/14/07
Top CriticIt’s familiar, and nonetheless spirited and inventive.
11/14/07
While the plotlessness and lack of dialogue may take some getting used to for the uninitiated, Tati's sense of humour quickly becomes addictive.
11/14/07
Everyone is incapable of dealing with the modern world, but Mr. Hulot is even worse off than the rest of us.
11/14/07
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