Franco Ressel, Jacques Tati, Marcel Franval
The eccentric Mr. Hulot's ill-fated attempt to bring his ultra-modern camper to an Amsterdam auto show results in comic disaster.
DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008
Stats: 97 reviews
I found this much funnier than Hulot's Holiday. Tati has a great sense of choreography and mise-en-scène, and his comedy is more along the lines of Keaton than Chaplin, though his precision is more impressive.
Completely following his style, Tati delivers us a critic/hommage to the cars and its roads. As on most of his films, the story is not as important as the little details that surrounds it and their funny simple characters. Viewing Trafic I felt I was watching a cartoon but, alth...( read more)
It may be my least favorite from the Criterion-released Tati films but it's still darn watchable. I don't know if his films were ever accepted as laughter-provoking pieces but to me Tati's films work great as amusing, complex sight gags. The theme in this film involves over popul...( read more)
Definitely a unique, very funny, and quirky French film. The only real problems I had is that two scenes run way too long and make up majority of the film and also it's a bit odd and I usually like odd stuff, but it doesn't seem to fit so well here.
Wow, what do you say about the great Jacques Tati? Absolutely superb oeuvre! French cinema is incomparable, magnifique et incroyable!
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