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Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot's Holiday) (1953)

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Pleasant, lackadaisical, and very charming, Monsieur Hulot lays the groundwork for Jacques Tati's later, more accomplished films.

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Pleasant, lackadaisical, and very charming, Monsieur Hulot lays the groundwork for Jacques Tati's later, more accomplished films.

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Already familiar to many, especially following his acclaimed directorial debut Jour De Fete, Jacques Tati came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with 1953's Les Vacances De Monsieur Hulot. The first film to introduce his much-loved alter ego Monsieur Hulot, it sets the pattern for future appearances of the character, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humor ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting

Unrated, 1 hr. 26 min.

Comedy

Directed By: Jacques Tati

Written By: Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet

In Theaters: Feb 25, 1953 Wide

On DVD: Jan 6, 2004

Janus Films

Cast

Jacques Tati
Monsieur Hulot
Nathalie Pascaud
Martine
Louis Perrault
Fred
Michelle Rolla
The Aunt
Andre Dubois
The Commandant
Valentine Camax
The Englishwoman
Lucien Fr�gis
The Hotelkeeper
Raymond Carl
Waiter
Marguerite G�rard
The Strolling Woman
Michele Brabo
A Vacationer
Suzy Willy
The Commandant's Wife
Jean-Pierre Zola
Businessman

Critic Reviews for Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr. Hulot's Holiday)

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Tati is heir to the great comics of the silent era, Chaplin and Keaton and Lloyd.

April 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Film.com

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Jonathan F. Richards

Film.com

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Though the film is in French with English subtitles, what people say matters little. Its official language is the international patois of slapstick.

March 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

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There are some real laughs in it, but Mr. Hulot's Holiday gives us something rarer, an amused affection for human nature -- so odd, so valuable, so particular.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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A great introduction to the work of Tati, who made only a few movies but is rightly recognized as one of the great visionary directors.

December 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Oregonian

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Stan Hall

Oregonian

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.

November 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York

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David Fear

Time Out New York

By the end, Tati has evoked the place with such grace and lulling humor that we wouldn't mind staying there.

February 3, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

A genial plotless comedy based on silent-screen slapstick and pantomine routines.

November 17, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Exquisitely funny masterpiece with one of the greatest physical comedians of all time.

September 23, 2004 Comment

Nell Minow

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

M. Hulot's Holiday is an unalloyed delight of a movie! It's rarely hysterically funny, but it is constantly charming.

September 22, 2004 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

An often hilarious, often slow, and thoroughly odd film.

May 4, 2004 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Writer, director and actor Jacques Tati invites us to glimpse into his strange little world in "Mr. Hulot's Holiday", a film that paved the way for comedians like Mr. Bean's Rowan Atkinson. Mr. Hulot's Holiday is slightly less absurdist than later Tati fare like "Mon Oncle", but there are times when the film teeters

May 16, 2012

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a trip seaside's just the ticket, and this'll call for attention to detail on your part, you'll have to actually watch it (just like they did in the old days!), cause there's nearly no dialogue to spell out for you what's happening. And what is happening? nothing. just a trip seaside. it's just the ticket!

May 14, 2011