90
Metascore
16 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIt is not a comedy of hilarity but a comedy of memory, nostalgia, fondness and good cheer. There are some real laughs in it, but “Mr. Hulot’s Holiday” gives us something rarer, an amused affection for human nature–so odd, so valuable, so particular.
- 100The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe movie is perfectly composed with a light touch that is the work of a certain kind of gravity and sophistication.
- 100Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonTati's fabulous comedy about a bumbling French vacationer in Brittany -- the first appearance of his hilarious pipe-smoking alter-ego Hulot -- is almost a silent movie done in sound, with spare dialogue, affectionate characterizations, sunny beach scenes and complex sight gags that recall the genius of Chaplin and Keaton. [19 Dec 1997, p.T]
- 90Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasWith its inspired sight gags and comic mishaps, the deceptively artless-seeming "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" is as blissful as a sunny day at the beach. [02 Feb 1995, p.F4]
- 80EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonA magnificent comic performance and a film of genial hilarity.
- With very little dialogue and a creative use of sound, Tati (the actor and director) gives us an entirely new way of looking at a very familiar landscape.