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M. Hulot's Holiday (The Criterion Collection)

Jacques Tati (Actor), Nathalie Pascaud (Actor), Jacques Tati (Director), René Clément (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
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Forefather of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean, Jacques Tati's Monsieur Hulot--a recurring character in several of his movies--is a blithely clumsy troublemaker, an insouciant twit who leaves uproar in his wake without being aware of it. Trying to describe this 1953 comedy is next to impossible except to say it is a series of vignettes at a vacation resort, with the distracted Hulot providing a lot of laughs. Tati directs, and in a way what that really means is that he composes this movie with a perfect eye and ear for the comic possibilities in everything: composition, lighting, minimal marble-mouth dialogue, certain sounds (a duck call, a door repeatedly opening and shutting). This is a superior work that ranks among all-time classic comedies. --Tom Keogh

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Pipe-smoking Monsieur Hulot, Jacques Tati's endearing clown, takes a holiday at a seaside resort where his presence provokes one catastrophe after another. Tati's wildly funny satire of vacationers determined to enjoy themselves includes a series of precisely choreographed sight gags involving dogs, boats, and firecrackers. The first entry in the Hulot series is a masterpiece of gentle slapstick.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Mr Hulot' Holiday or Les Vacances de M Hulot July 3 2007
By Proustien
Format:DVD
Is this the greatest comedy ever made? I think so! Jacques Tati's masterpiece is the perfect movie to watch during summertime. He's giving us a taste of a vacation by the sea. And even though the humor is efforless it is quite unique. Some of the scenes will be part of your every day life after you watch it! The ice cream and the firecracker scenes are perfect timing. So many scenes are unforgettable! Jacques Tati' uses the daily noise as a metaphor of the absurd. This movie can be watch on many level but the best one is to relax and enjoy an exquisite and mesmerizing movie. Enjoy...
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hulot Delights April 24 2013
By annemack
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Jacques Tati did not make many films, but his attention to detail made him one of the best. He finds humour in the everyday world, in the small eccentricities of ordinary people. Hulot himself is a sweet, delightful, bumbling Everyman, repeatedly messing up everyday situations set up the people and circumstances around him. Tati was a genius!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Comedy of Memory Jun 3 2004
By Nowhere Man
Format:DVD
When I first saw "Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot" many years ago, I couldn't understand what was the big deal. The film had its amusing moments - Hulot's Amilcar bouncing down the road and that tennis game! - but it seemed too slight for all the adjectives that critics had bestowed upon it.

After getting the DVD two years ago (before it was temporarily discontinued), I watched it again and saw an entirely different movie. The slightness that had bored me when I was teenager had changed into a feeling of wistfulness - the sense that we're watching a transient, quickly passing moment in people's lives. Tati's comedy, much more gentle than most American comedies, reveals itself only in multiple viewings. The film is more like a comic meditation on memory: how our all-too-brief periods of leisure open up and close possbilities for friendship, love, and other human interactions. This is a film to revisit again and again.

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3.0 out of 5 stars a nice French comedy
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film

While not as funny as I expected, M. Read more

Published on July 12 2004 by Ted
4.0 out of 5 stars 1:33:1 vs. 1:37:1?
I will not review this film as I have purchased but not received it yet, however...

TK RILEY's review lambasts Criterion for NOT transfering in WIDESCREEN format:

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Published on May 7 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars A Real Gem
The comedic genius that was Jacques Tati is that rare type that can make you laugh at life's simple things while also giving the viewer poignant views of the every day. Read more
Published on April 16 2004 by NNNNN
5.0 out of 5 stars closely observed humanity
Firstly and most importantly this 2004 DVD is an exceptional production.
There certainly are cuts from the original but I am sure there are technical reasons only and not an... Read more
Published on Jan 30 2004 by A Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars A Comedy Gem !
It is now 50 years since this marvellous comedy was released, and it remains as fresh and original as ever. Read more
Published on Jan 26 2004 by peterfromkanata
4.0 out of 5 stars Just to comment on the review below...
TK RILEY states in his (her?) review that "All [M. Hulot's Holiday, Mon Oncle, Playtime] were in Full Screen format (only version available) and so some of the humor was not... Read more
Published on Jan 23 2004 by Dave Dalton
5.0 out of 5 stars Almost great
Dear Reader, I join with all the other reviewers in enjoying this film, in fact I DID bust out with guffaws at several moments, very witty and clever. Read more
Published on Dec 18 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars At last, it's back again
This magnificent movie will again be available from Criterion in early 2004. It'll be well worth waiting for.
Published on Nov 4 2003
5.0 out of 5 stars Criterion DVD back in print in 2004 !
Criterion has just announced that their long-discontinued DVD versions of Jacque Tati films will be put back in print in 2004. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2003 by keviny01
5.0 out of 5 stars Comic Genius!
What can be said about Jacques Tati that hasn't already been said? The man was a comic genius, and demonstrates that talent superbly in this, my favourite Tati film of all time. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2002 by "bigmanxfella"
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