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Les Vacances De M.Hulot - Mr Hulot's Holiday [1953][VHS]
 
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Les Vacances De M.Hulot - Mr Hulot's Holiday [1953][VHS]

VHS ~ Jacques Tati
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 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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Monsieur Hulot wreaks havoc in the staid resort of St. Marc-On-Sea, some of the most amusing gags ever seen.

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless gentle humour - a classic, 4 Oct 2001
By M. I. R. Clarke "ian clarke" (northern ireland) - See all my reviews
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Mr Hulot's Holiday is simply one of the funniest films you'll ever see. In a series of hilarious episodes the blundering Hulot unwittingly causes havoc in a seaside resort. Tati's genius for mime is breathtaking at times - the perfect slapstick timing of Laurel & Hardy without the melodramatics. There is shrewd social observation and a host of real characters with endearing quirks and habits. There are so many visually comic ideas that you only become aware of them after many viewings. A film which holds you in a spell and generates timeless comedy at no-one's expense.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Comedy at it's best, 28 May 2003
The innocence of a single french man on holiday is what this film is all about. Tati is (or was) without doubt the greatest minimalist comic of all time. Only he can make painting a boat an absolute riot, only he can make a very sombre funeral into a timeless classic of comedy history. This man is one of the unsung heroes of comedy and if he was not the inspiration behind Mr Bean then 'je suis un oncle des singe' (bad french I know).
The absolute tragedy is that all of Tati's films are so difficult (closer to impossible) to get on DVD, Laurel and Hardy = no problem, Charlie Chaplin = no problem, Jacques Tati = BIG PROBLEM, This is a great film, this is a classic (as are all his films. Let's get em out on DVD. Even my Dutch girlfriend, who claims that she is not a fan of comedy films, laughs at this film, let's get it on DVD....
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars He did it first, 19 Nov 2004
By Mr McHenry (Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This is one of the funniest films I have ever seen. Owing much to Chaplin and - to a lesser extent - Buster Keaton and Will Hay, Tati's creation is a bumbling bringer of mayhem who remains oblivious to the chaos he creates around him. As the title suggests, the film follows M. Hulot on his seaside holiday. Each scene is brilliantly executed and masterfully played to squeeze every last comic drop from every situation. Less pacy than Chaplin or Keaton, but no less funny, highlights include the wonderfully choreographed table tennis scene and the closing firework extravaganza. This is an almost totally silent film (the few words which are spoken are in English) which demonstrates the truly universal flavour of physical and visual comedy. M. Hulot is undoubtedly the precursor of such comic creations as Frank Spencer and Mr Bean: as is often the case, those who came after are pale imitations.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious Hulot(Tati himself).The guy must have bean(sic)a genius.
He must have known exactly what he wanted,both directing and acting.
I saw this twice in one week when I was about 12,in the `60`s. Read more
Published 13 days ago by S. C. Dawson

5.0 out of 5 stars jacquea tati
Jacques Tati Les Vacances- I believe the finest work he has ever done. the do good'er, over polite gent on holiday, and getting into all sorts of scrapes - very funny!
Published 15 days ago by Miska1717

5.0 out of 5 stars Good clean fun
This is a very funny film, made in 1953, it is just simple good clean fun, It a French film but language is not an issue (there are subtitles) as there is very little talking. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Nicholas M. Taylor

5.0 out of 5 stars Required viewing
Our favourite Jaques Tati film Have actually stayed in this hotel, although we didn't realise it at the time, although we thought it looked familiar! Read more
Published 5 months ago by V. Bailey

1.0 out of 5 stars Les Vacances de M.Hulot (1953)
It's a little difficult to review this DVD as it was returned to you as a faulty item. We were unable to view as the item refused to play! Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mrs. C. A. Banks

5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful which version you get
Jacques Tati is one of the great comedian/directors, but he was an impossible perfectionist in his movie-making, and died bankrupt as a result. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Peter Scott-presland

5.0 out of 5 stars Near comic masterpiece by Tati
If not Tati's best film (that honor would probably go to Mon Oncle), this 1953 effort is certainly his funniest, as Mr. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Andres C. Salama

3.0 out of 5 stars An aquired taste
Having never seen a Tati film in my 40 something years, I was probably expecting too much from this 1950's French comedy. It certainly has its merits. Read more
Published 14 months ago by S J Buck

5.0 out of 5 stars A little gem!
Some say that for humour to be good, it has to be well observed and gentle. Modern comedy could learn a lot from this film. It is quite simply the best that Jacques Tati did. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Big John

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank goodness-it's the original!
The best thing-this is the original FRENCH print. Not a bad idea, because many Gallic nuances went out the window when the background radio prigrammes were dubbed into an Ersatz... Read more
Published 18 months ago by The BlackFerret

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