Master French comic Jacques Tati's most daring and ambitious work. The misadventures of Monsieur Hulot continues (after 1953's Mr....
Master French comic Jacques Tati's most daring and ambitious work. The misadventures of Monsieur Hulot continues (after 1953's Mr. Hulot's Holiday and 1958's Mon Oncle), here in a futuristic Paris. As Hulot roams the city, he manages to find some chaos amongst the cold, steel and glass environs.
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"Pic takes to the 70mm process with an extraordinary impressionistic outdoor set of a new Paris, and is an observant romp during a one-day stay of a group of tourists."
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Variety
Variety"A hallucinatory comic vision on the verge of abstraction."
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Time Out
Time Out"Tati's most brilliant film, a bracing reminder in this all-too-lazy era that films can occasionally achieve the status of art."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A peculiar, mysterious, magical film."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Comedy has rarely been so intricate, incisive and inspired."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazinePlaytime | Details
- Runtime
- 123
- Genre
- Comedy
- Country of origin
- France, Italy
