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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
Feb 25, 1953 Wide
Jan 6, 2004
Janus Films
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Tati is heir to the great comics of the silent era, Chaplin and Keaton and Lloyd.
Though the film is in French with English subtitles, what people say matters little. Its official language is the international patois of slapstick.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An often hilarious, often slow, and thoroughly odd film.
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, 2011Super Reviewer
a charming series of sight gags and sound effects with no real plot
October 9, 2008
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