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Audience Member I found this to be a very silly, tedious movie. I can see why the French were so mad for Jerry Lewis. Tati plays Mr. Hulot as some really watered down blend of Inspector Clouseau and Lewis' corny spastic physical humor. This is like some bad mix of Curse of the Pink Panther, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and generic 60's-70's French countryside movies. Not sure what it's about but I'm guessing part of it is about the bourgeoisie. Ahhh, the bourgeoisie- seems next to nothing came out of French art for a century or more that wasn't criticizing, analyzing, or satirizing the bourgeoisie. I must not be a Tati man. That's fine. I still have Truffaut, Rohmer, Denis, Godard, Varda, Bresson, Assayas, and Renoir. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Time has been kind to Tati's last film (I don't count Parade). As plotless and wistful as all his comedies, this story of a typically diverse collection of motoring misfits failing to get to a vast automobile expo is studded with Tati's usual slow-burn deadpan humour. Trafic could almost be the sequel to Playtime, and shares the long takes, implicit criticism of pointless modernity and great affection for the foibles of humanity. Poignant, prescient and at times wonderfully funny. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Just as good as PLAYTIME, Jacques Tati's TRAFIC is uproariously witty and demands multiple satisfying viewings. Great movie! 4/4 - Knox Morris Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member M. Hulot is back and he is an automobile designer. Of course, he gets into many jams (not all of them traffic jams). Tati's fifth and final outing as Hulot is gently humorous as in M. Hulot's Holiday, Mon Oncle but not as ambitious or abstract as Playtime. Still, it is a "nonverbal" comedy that features sound effects cranked up high on the soundtrack and dialogue kept relatively low, as if it were unimportant. The plot involves getting a special camping car from Paris to Amsterdam for an auto show. Unsurprisingly, Hulot and his crew don't make it on time. The movie is all about the predicaments that they find themselves on the way. While not uproarious, Trafic is wry and amusing and French. Nevertheless, I think it is advisable to start in the beginning with Tati and move forward to see his development over time; or in fact, to see how Hulot remains the same as the context around him changes. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member just ok not my fave Tati pic Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Possibly the funniest of Jacques Tati's films. The visuals are still great and the pace slow. But this is one funny pleasant movie you'd better watch on a lazy Sunday Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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