Fresh
Tati is heir to the great comics of the silent era, Chaplin and Keaton and Lloyd.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday
It's laugh-vacation time!
1953 · 1h 27m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
Jacques Tati
Overview
Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati’s endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort, where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati’s masterpiece of gentle slapstick is a series of effortlessly well-choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers; it was the first entry in the Hulot series and the film that launched its maker to international stardom.
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Tomatometer
Fresh
Though the film is in French with English subtitles, what people say matters little. Its official language is the international patois of slapstick.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
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.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Fresh
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.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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