Excellent but underrated film

Excellent adaptation.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

The house in which Mr. Hulot's sister with her husband and son live is probably the central character of the film Mon Oncle. The house is a modern and complicated one, you get everything at the push of a button and yet it is very difficult to live. It is a puzzle not only for out of place Mr. Hulot but also for his sister and her husband, the owners of the house. They don't get to hear each other because of the sound of machine, and they learn to cope with it. There are number of things that can go wrong at any time, the decorated trees, the fountain, the kitchen, the garage, the car, the garden, the gate – anything, yet these are impossible to live without.Mr. Hulot himself is the most amusing among all of them. Throughout the film he doesn't utter a single word though seems to say a lot of things with his gestures. He looks very odd in his behavior, and always a misfit, be it in the house or in the workplace. But he is a completely unflappable person, nothing really matters to him. He is devoid of any human emotion. In fact, in some ways all the characters in the film are like dolls, it seems that nothing of this world can touch, move, alter or affect them.The film doesn't have a coherent story to tell, it's about bits and pieces put up together, mostly underlining its central theme of little everyday absurdities rising out of the meeting of contradictions. There are number of characters here and there, the street dogs, the kids, the factory, the school, the sweeper, the shopkeeper and so on and so forth with a little touch of mischief and amusement revolving around all of them.Mon Oncle has striking similarities with Modern Times and Jacques Tati with Charles Chaplin. The first similarity is off course the subject of the film. Second, Mon Oncle should be considered more or less a silent film that has music throughout like Chaplin films (though it has some dialog in it, but one feels nothing would have hampered without it). Third, in simple treatment of camera, and last but not the least, like Chaplin, Tati is also star/director/co-writer and producer of his project. There is probably one difference though. There are numerous scenes in a film like Modern Times that would make us burst out in laughter, but in Mon Oncle it is not so. There is not a moment which makes you burst out in laughter. What it does is something different, it holds you throughout, it amuses you and while watching you always find yourself with a quiet grin on your face. I have seen only two films of Tati (Playtime and Mon Oncle) and it seems to me that both of them could be a bit shorter in length. Probably that's the only negative criticism I have against him.There are number of reasons for which one must see Mon Oncle. It has got amazing sets, stunning lighting, and admirable use of color. It has jovial use of sound and music and brilliant cinematography. Mon Oncle is one timeless classic that can be seen time and time again.

I first saw this film many years ago while on vacation in Palm Springs. I thought it was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen! I went into hysterics during some scenes. There's sheer artistry at work here. I'd never heard of Tati and his films before. So I didn't know what to expect. And boy, did he deliver! I've always liked subtle humor, as I think it takes so much more talent and wit than loud, pompous and aggressive comedians. And it requires an intelligent and perceptive audience. An American comedian who comes to mind was Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962). If you think Jim Carrey does great comedy, you'll probably NOT like this movie. This is NOT over-the-top comedy; it's under-the-top humor. Either you GET it, or you don't. I sure did.

it is a really boring film completely meaningless and only a waste of time for someone to view it.the comedy is not funny at all the acting is annoying also.i cant believe that people give money for such films to get directed.i think that it has some elements of charlie chaplin's modern times but the difference is that modern times is a masterpiece and this one is maybe one of the worst films ever .the film director jack tatti is creating an annoying way of directing scenes with the sausage in the factory with the workers laughing like meaningless morons and the garage thing maybe wants to show us the effects of modern technology in modern for 60s times and that particular scene is really boring and annoying .the film has no script and not rhythm also i hope you will not watch this movie even if a film critic expert calls it cult.but the truth is that after watching it you will not earn anything in the end

Jacques Tati movies seem to be just like Wes Anderson movies. Everyone seems to think they are hilarious to watch, while there is actually very little happening in their movies and all have a slow pace. The stories are thing and mostly consist out of quirky looking characters doing uninteresting things. I'm sorry, I just don't think there is anything funny about it at all.I'm actually really fond of slapstick comedy but Jacques Tati just don't seem to connect to me at all with its humor. This is most probably due to its very lacking pace. It's slow and it suggests that it's building up to something that just never happens though. No, I did not hated watching this movie but still thought it was seriously lacking in humor for a comedy.And really, what is it with Jacques Tati movies and a story. His movies just never seem to feature a main plot line. His movies are literally about nothing and do nothing but concentrate on a whole bunch of characters, going to their normal everyday routines. Of course some silly and humorous events happen and there are loads of returning gags in this but that is basically all that this movie is; the one intended humorously sequence after the other, while in fact most of those humorous sequence don't work out as funny ones because of its slow pace and the fact that just nothing interesting enough is happening.Strangely enough to me these type of movies really seem to connect to a whole bunch of people and critics as well. It must do something right and hilarious in their eyes, or else it obviously wouldn't had won an Oscar as well for best foreign picture but I just don't see what the appeal is of this movie. I rather watch a good slapstick from the early 20th century than a Jacques Tati movie obviously!5/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/