Thursday, 4 January 2007

Mr Hulot's Holiday (1953) - Jacques Tati



Shot in his own purebrand style of visual comedy, Tati's quirky little film follows Mr Hulot on a beachside holiday, complete with noisy car and cane. He uspets the hotel residents with his music, he scares the tourists off the beach after an unfortunate incident involvinga wooden boat, and nearly destroys the town in the film's explosive finalé.

Charming and witty without becoming pretentious or flamboyent. Tati's modest sense of understated comedy hits the right note every time amongst it's real characters, gorgeous photography from the Jean Mousselle/Jacques Mercanton partnership and sublime musical accompaniments courtesy of Alain Romans.

Big thumbs up from me 7/10

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