Jacques Tati’s bumbling stick-bug of an alter ego is considered by many to be the funniest creation to come out of Gallic cinema.
Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:21
Rotten:0
Average Rating:9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: Jacques Tati, master of his own idiosyncratic genre of cinematic slapstick, followed up his acclaimed debut JOUR DE FÊTE with the equally ingenious MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY. Five years in the making,... Jacques Tati, master of his own idiosyncratic genre of cinematic slapstick, followed up his acclaimed debut JOUR DE FÊTE with the equally ingenious MR. HULOT'S HOLIDAY. Five years in the making, the film marks the debut of Tati's altar ego, Mr. Hulot, a gangly and awkward Frenchman, perpetually the center and possible cause of a whirlwind of disasters, pratfalls, and mishaps. Tati's scrupulous attention to detail and almost arabesque sense of humor colors the entire film, from the departure of a gaggle of tourists from a malfunctioning train station to the minutiae of resort life. In place of a plot, a series of disastrous coincidences, surreal sight gags and irascible indignations erupt around Mr. Hulot as he gallantly and obliviously strolls through his seaside vacation. While he tries to impress a lovely ingenue, Hulot inadvertently barges in on a funeral, ignites a fireworks stand with his pipe, and topples a Ming vase, rarely realizing the extent of the damage he causes. Tati expertly crafts the visual bombast of traditional slapstick into a beautiful and intricate sequence of incidents, accompanied by an equally elegant and intriguing seaside soundtrack of lapping waves, laughing children and transistor radios, all merging into an absurd symphony of cinematic delight. [More]
Starring: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Lucien Fregis, Jean-Pierre Zola
Starring: Jacques Tati, Nathalie Pascaud, Lucien Fregis, Jean-Pierre Zola
Director: Jacques Tati
Director: Jacques Tati
Screenwriter: Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
Producer: Fred Orain
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Reviews for Mr. Hulot's Holiday
By the end, Tati has evoked the place with such grace and lulling humor that we wouldn't mind staying there.
A genial plotless comedy based on silent-screen slapstick and pantomine routines.
Exquisitely funny masterpiece with one of the greatest physical comedians of all time.
M. Hulot's Holiday is an unalloyed delight of a movie! It's rarely hysterically funny, but it is constantly charming.
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