{"id":2339,"date":"2007-02-19T14:01:11","date_gmt":"2007-02-19T21:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2339"},"modified":"2021-01-07T10:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T17:26:56","slug":"mr-hulot%e2%80%99s-holiday-1953","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2339","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Hulot&#8217;s Holiday (1953)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Hulot: H &#8212; U &#8212; L &#8212; O &#8212; T.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Poster-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Poster-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Poster.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nBumbling Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) visits a seaside hotel in Brittany, where he accidentally causes mayhem.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>French Films<\/li>\n<li>Jacques Tati Films<\/li>\n<li>Misfits<\/li>\n<li>Vacation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary &#8212; along with just about every other critic on the planet (see links below) &#8212; considers this Jacques Tati classic to be &#8220;as enjoyable as a day at the beach.&#8221; He praises the &#8220;intricate visual gags&#8221;, the &#8220;enjoyable slapstick&#8221;, and the &#8220;appealing&#8221;, &#8220;childlike&#8221; nature of Hulot, and notes that &#8220;much laughter comes from watching Hulot&#8217;s fellow vacationers.&#8221; For my part, however, I fail to see the appeal of the film on any comedic level. While it&#8217;s visually beautiful to look at, the vacationers aren&#8217;t intriguing in the slightest, and Monsieur Hulot is, quite simply, not funny: his strange, stork-like walk holds interest for about three seconds, then quickly becomes both redundant and ridiculous; his sight gags seem like they would be amusing only for the very young. Indeed, I can understand the appeal of <em>Mr. Hulot&#8217;s Holiday<\/em> for families with children &#8212; it&#8217;s an innocent, innocuous movie, and kids may very well appreciate watching a silly-looking man making a fool of himself again and again. Ultimately, however, I consider Tati to be wearing Emperor&#8217;s Clothing &#8212; everyone insists there&#8217;s genius to be had, but I&#8217;m just not seeing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An interesting &#8220;time capsule&#8221; glimpse at vacationers in 1950s France<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Beach.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Beach.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2338\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beautiful b&#038;w cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Cinematography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Cinematography.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Cinematography.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Cinematography-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Cinematography-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Mr.-Hulot-Cinematography-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some genuinely sweet images &#8212; such as a young boy in diapers carefully carrying two ice cream cones<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/IceCream.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/IceCream.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2336\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A few mildly clever sight gags &#8212; such as when Hulot&#8217;s paint can is washed out to sea and then back again, just in time<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Paint.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/Paint.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2337\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. Though it&#8217;s not at all to my tastes, this remains an undisputed classic of world cinema, and should be seen by all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0046487\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviediva.com\/MD_root\/reviewpages\/MDHulotsHoliday.htm\">Movie Diva Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1954\/06\/17\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-french-satirical-film-opens-at-fine-arts.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/great-movie-mr-hulots-holiday-1953#:~:text=never%20quite%20does.-,%E2%80%9CMr.,of%20getting%20into%20a%20conversation.\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/62811.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hulot: H &#8212; U &#8212; L &#8212; O &#8212; T.&#8221; Synopsis: Bumbling Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) visits a seaside hotel in Brittany, where he accidentally causes mayhem. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Comedy French Films Jacques Tati Films Misfits Vacation Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary &#8212; along with just about every other critic on the planet (see links below) &#8212; considers this Jacques Tati classic to be &#8220;as enjoyable as a day at the beach.&#8221; He praises the &#8220;intricate visual&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2339\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2339"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62075,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2339\/revisions\/62075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}