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France, Italy · 1967
1h 55m
Director Jacques Tati
Starring Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Rita Maiden, France Rumilly
Genre Comedy

Attempting to meet with a business contact, the lovable, clumsy, and old-fashioned Monsieur Hulot finds himself perplexed by the intimidating complexity of a gadget-filled Paris, and soon becomes lost in the big city.

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Tati is not an active satirist nor does he use slapstick. He has assimilated the greats but is an individual comic talent who builds meticulous gags founded on a gentle, anarchic individualism that is always sympathetic, personal and, above all, funny and constantly inventive.

100

Time Out by Dave Calhoun

French actor-filmmaker Jacques Tati’s 1967 masterpiece still holds up as a feast of subtle sight gags, playful noise and, above all, visual wonders.

100

The A.V. Club by Keith Phipps

Tati's most elaborate film, Playtime stands as his masterpiece, an awe-inspiring work of intricate choreography with a heart to match its technical expertise.

90

The New Yorker by Richard Brody

Emotions, identities, and even bodily functions are distorted by the mechanized uniformity, but Tati’s despair is modulated by a sense of wonder.

100

Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert

Instead of plot it has a cascade of incidents, instead of central characters it has a cast of hundreds, instead of being a comedy it is a wondrous act of observation. It occupies no genre and does not create a new one. It is a filmmaker showing us how his mind processes the world around him.

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