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M.Hulots Holiday

Jacques Tati (Actor), Nathalie Pascaud (Actor), Jacques Tati (Director), René Clément (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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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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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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Comedy of Memory, Jun 3 2004
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K. Garner (Farmington, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: M.Hulots Holiday (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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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Mr Hulot' Holiday or Les Vacances de M Hulot, July 3 2007
This review is from: Mr. Hulot's Holiday (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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4.0 out of 5 stars 1:33:1 vs. 1:37:1?, May 7 2004
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This review is from: M.Hulots Holiday (DVD)
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:

1. If you look up this film at imdb.com and click on DVD DETAILS you will notice that
the DVD is presented in "Academy Aspect Ratio" which translates to: 1:33:1 Aspect Ratio.

2. If you look up this film at imdb.com and click on TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS you will see it was originally filmed within an aspect ratio of 1:37:1

3. imdb.com will state if this is "PAN AND SCAN" (and they do NOT!)
IN FACT, here is a quote from Criterions website titled "About the transfer" -- M. Hulot's Holiday is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.

4. CONCLUSION: How much could we be missing? Answer: NOT MUCH!

Forgetta bou'dit! Purchase and enjoy!

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