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1958

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Unemployed Monsieur Hulot spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school and escort him to his ultra modern home. Concerned for Hulot's future, his sister tries to pair him with her neighbor while his brother-in-law tries to secure a job for him in his hose factory. Chaos ensues. "Mon Oncle" is a biting .. Read more

Starring	Jacques Tati
Director	Jacques Tati
Genres	Comedy, World Cinema

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- Tiresomely long star vehicle, with Tati harping on his theory of detachment, i.e. keeping his comic character on the fringes of the action. It really doesn't work in a film of this length, and the jokes are thin.
- 34248
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
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  Charming Hulot
  
  This gem of a movie is widely regarded as Jacques Tati's finest outing as M. Hulot. Rightly so (although for me it runs neck and neck with 'M. Hulot'... read more »
  
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  - Jacuzzi
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  - Birkenhead
  - 29 Jun 2005 at 23:59
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  Mon Oncle
  
  absolutely delightful - so ingeniously done - many many charmingly funny scenes done with a refreshingly naive sense of humour...- Jacques Tati is a master unto... read more »
  
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  - Hermionie
  - 10 reviews
  - Sunderland
  - 17 Jan 2012 at 21:46
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  Tati - lovely, witty and wacky.
  
  What can you say but classic M Hulot /Jacques Tati - lovely, witty and wacky. The sets are a joy too.
  
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- - Nickcameronbrown
  - 6 reviews
  - Streatham
  - 09 Nov 2011 at 12:53
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  Too slow
  
  It started off pleasantly enough, with pleasant French music and interesting scenery, the 'modern' 1950s house was interesting. But not much happened, ... read more »
  
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  - David King
  - London, UK
  - 07 Jun 2010 at 23:17
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  Top Tati
  
  Concerned about his influence on their young son, the hapless Monsieur Hulot's sister and brother-in-law attempt to fix him up with a wife and a job, with ... read more »
  
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- - Oldbloke
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  - Sidmouth
  - 24 Mar 2010 at 23:21
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  Mon Oncle
  
  It has it's moments that shine, but overall it isn't a patch on Monsieur Hulot's Holiday.
  
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- - uhygtiuplkuh
  - 28 reviews
  - Eastbourne
  - 14 Oct 2009 at 19:47
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  'Mon Oncle'
  
  We didn't watch more than 20 mins, and that was a real struggle. :-(((( poor jokes and very few of them, dont get this out.
  
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  - Poole
  - 30 Jun 2009 at 19:07
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  I Know How He Felt
  
  Being a bit of a technophobe myself I can readily sympathise with Jacques Tati's view of modern life. This is a super film in which M. Hulot runs havoc ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 20 May 2009 at 11:52
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  timeless
  
  The kids and me loved it. It needed no subtitles or knowledge of French, it was a great slapstick mime with amusingly accurate characters. A timeless film.
  
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  - knowsley
  - 11 May 2009 at 21:17
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  Amusant.Another great Tati Classic
  
  Excellent insight into a French Idea of modern home gadgets.I loved the Cars as well as the French style Mmme Bouquet (Bucket) married to her out of touch ... read more »
  
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  - England
  - 21 Apr 2009 at 15:38
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  Mon Oncle
  
  Watch for thefantastic 1950s details; the lifestyle aspirations; the designer garden with automated fish fountain; the up and over automated garage door (very ... read more »
  
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  - Birmingham
  - 24 Feb 2009 at 10:34
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- - 14
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  Charming Hulot
  
  This gem of a movie is widely regarded as Jacques Tati's finest outing as M. Hulot. Rightly so (although for me it runs neck and neck with 'M. Hulot'... read more »
  
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- 119204
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  - Jacuzzi
  - 31 reviews
  - Birkenhead
  - 29 Jun 2005 at 23:59
- - 8
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  Witty Tati is barry!
  
  Still one of the funniest films you will ever see if you can cleanse your british pallet prior to viewing. I saw this as a small boy in the 70’s and loved ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 01 Apr 2006 at 21:15
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  Effortlessly hilarious
  
  There's so much joy in watching Tati's films. The gentleness of the humour , the beauty of the film-making and the acuteness of observation - just ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 17 Jun 2007 at 08:46
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  Non!
  
  111 minutes is a long time to watch people walking into lamp-posts and this joins the canon of films that has missed the lessons of the two-reeler.
  
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- - Arrowhead
  - london
  - 16 Sep 2005 at 12:25
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  Mon Oncle
  
  One or 2 funny moments not enough to justify viewing this bland and uneventful 'comedy'.
  
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- - wombat21
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 13 May 2008 at 17:45
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  Mon Oncle
  
  Laughs were few and far between and the end did not come soon enough.
  
  111 minutes of relentlessly cheery French concertina music was a sledgehammer ... read more »
  
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- - FSpouse
  - Devon
  - 12 Apr 2006 at 15:09
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  Superficial
  
  Comedy in the vein of Mr Bean, but lacking in depth and with hardly any meaningful dialogue. Not worth watching unless you are a devotee of Tati.
  
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  - Warrington
  - 10 Feb 2006 at 10:26
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  Slow - very, very slow
  
  Sorry but I didn't enjoy this film at all - in fact I didn't even watch it through to the end. I'd heard good things about M. Tati but this film ... read more »
  
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- - Chicken_Legs
  - 5 reviews
  - South-west Scotland
  - 20 Sep 2007 at 18:27
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  Mon Oncle
  
  This was the first Jacques Tati film I saw as a student and it is still a hoot. If anything, seeing this is as an adult (much older) I'm seeing things that... read more »
  
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- - Mike27
  - 8 reviews
  - Stirling, Scotland
  - 17 Mar 2008 at 20:44
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  Weird
  
  This was just plain weird. Very artistic, a film to be watched because of its cinematography and stylistic feeling rather than any enjoyable plot.
  
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  - LISKEARD
  - 04 Jul 2008 at 13:50

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Critics' reviews
- Tiresomely long star vehicle, with Tati harping on his theory of detachment, i.e. keeping his comic character on the fringes of the action. It really doesn't work in a film of this length, and the jokes are thin.
- 34248
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43
- Tati's first film in colour. Yes, his contrast of the glorious awfulness of the Arpels' automated Modernistic house... read more on Time Out
- 47552
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
- 'Unforgettably funny, wonderfully observed, and always technically brilliant.'
- 23035
- - Time Out
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:10
- 'Deft, illusive, full of heart, Mon Oncle is a film to see again and again.'
- 23034
- - Monthly Film Bulletin
  - 29 Jan 2006 at 16:10

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- Mon Oncle
  
  Unemployed Monsieur Hulot spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school and escort him to his ultra modern home. Concerned for Hulot's future, his sister tries to pair him with her neighbor while his brother-in-law tries to secure a job for him in his hose factory. Chaos ensues. ...