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Mon Oncle (Full Screen) (The Criterion Collection)

Jacques Tati (Actor), Jean-Pierre Zola (Actor), Jacques Tati (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
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A comic masterpiece from director-star Jacques Tati (Playtime, Traffic), this 1958 film--Tati's first in color--reprises the carefree, oblivious title character from the director's hilarious international hit Mr. Hulot's Holiday. This time, the story finds Hulot, a self-involved twit on a constant collision with the physical world, grappling with 1950s-style progress. Visiting his sister and brother-in-law in their ultra-progressive household full of noisy gadgets and futuristic decor, Hulot inevitably has dust-ups with modernity, each one exceptionally funny. Taking a page from Buster Keaton's playbook, Tati also employs his trademark techniques with sound and production design to achieve the indefinable, comic genius of his films: the rhythmic clacking of footsteps, the cartoon-panel distance of his camera frame from the heart of the action. (Why are funny things funnier when seen from a few extra feet away?) Tati is one of the cinema's great treasures, and this movie is unforgettable. --Tom Keogh

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Slapstick prevails when Jacques Tati's eccentric hero Monsieur Hulot is let loose in the ultramodern home of his brother-in-law, and in an antiseptic factory that manufactures plastic hose. Tati directs and stars in the second entry of the Hulot series, a delightful satire of mechanized living.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent sur toute la ligne ! Feb 6 2013
By MFJ
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Le produit m'a été livré dans le délai prévu. La qualité mentionnée était exacte. Je suis très satisfait et je recommande fortement ce vendeur. Excellent sur toute la ligne !
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mon Oncle Jan 28 2013
By Paul Noel
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Great movie. I like the different perspective that Tati brought to his films. A view of what "modern" like was perceived to be in the 1950's.
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5.0 out of 5 stars un pur chef-d'oeuvre Aug 5 2009
By Charles Gagnon
Format:DVD
Quel merveilleux film. Un peu plus sérieux que Les vacances de M.Hulot mais plus ...poétique. Le film fait ressortir l'absurdité du comportement des adultes (dans des scènes très drôle) en paralèle avec la simplicité du monde l'enfance. Un film doux, drôle et qui fait réfléchir.
Évidement la copie Criterion est de grande qualité.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tati's Mon Oncle
The movie is a hilarious parody on modern life in the 1950's with automation (cars, kitchen appliances, etc.) being the object of ridicule. Read more
Published on Feb 11 2011 by Telstar-man
5.0 out of 5 stars Satire Has Never Been This Charming!
The Arpels live in a world filled with ultra modern appliances that are all too clever to be of any real use. Read more
Published on Jan 17 2008 by Nolene-Patricia Dougan
4.0 out of 5 stars a nice sequel to M. Hulot's Holiday
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.

Mon Oncle or "My Uncle" again follows Msr. Read more

Published on July 15 2004 by Ted
4.0 out of 5 stars Charmed
My children(19 and 8) and I borrowed the most recent dvd version of Mon Oncle from our local library. We were charmed. Read more
Published on Jun 16 2004 by M. Nadeau
4.0 out of 5 stars Thanks Criterion for releasing Mon Oncle!!!
I am so glad that Criterion has released Mon Oncle on DVD! I've been a huge fan of Tati for over 10 years, and my battered VHS copy taped off the TV has seen better days. Read more
Published on May 26 2004 by Sarah Szefer
5.0 out of 5 stars Human unrelations satirized perfectly
I watched this film after seeing my wife's all time favorite, Les Vacances Monsieur Hulot. Bumbling slapstick, nearly as silent film, is used to parodize the era of the happy... Read more
Published on May 10 2004 by Professor Joseph L. McCauley
2.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a mixed bag
I felt Mon Oncle had its moments - but there were times when I struggled to get any meaning (and I generally like so-called slow films e.g. Wang Kai-War's In the mood for love). Read more
Published on April 25 2004 by Kiwi
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Masterpiece
This is a very funny film... loaded with humor and irony.... however, if you have a limited attention span, or do not understand subtile humor, you won't "get" this film, since the... Read more
Published on April 24 2004 by classicmoviefan
5.0 out of 5 stars Tati's Wise and Wonderful Comedy.
In looking at the other reviews of "Mon Oncle", it would seem that people either love or hate this movie. Read more
Published on Feb 9 2004 by peterfromkanata
1.0 out of 5 stars A very funny movie, if by "funny" you mean "boring".
This is not a bad movie, but it is a painfully boring one. I read nothing but good reviews for Mon Oncle, expecting a good, fun movie. But it was just really long and boring. Read more
Published on Dec 1 2003
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