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Noisy and grating. The direction is unique, which is laudable, but the soundtrack is horrible and while a lot is happening, none of it is very funny. The shallow tech doom commentary embedded in the film only makes things worse.
Post-silent era slapstick. I don't think I'm going to become a big Tati fan really. The characters are slightly annoying, the comedy is stale and even though I can appreciate the way Tati plays with sound, the effect is pretty grating. It's not a very unpleasant film, but it's quite repetitive and it feels longer than it truly is.
Tati has a very particular, unique and distinctive sense of humor. His films exist in a universe of their own, one that is explicitly comical, just a little tragic and very French. You can read that as extreme praise if you which, I freely admit it could've been just that. The problem is that I just don't find it funny. Tati plays with pacing, sound, adds many visuals gag and, doesn't fear a little slapstick, but none of it really works. The comedy feels predictable, flat, outdated and, regardless Tati's attempts to diversify, one-note. The soundtrack in particular is grating and the runtime makes it truly unbearable at times. A brave attempt by Tati, but it's not for me.Read all