Mon Uncle is absolutely brilliant, yet strikingly annoying to watch. It took me 2 days to watch the entire movie, and even while watching it I had some trouble focusing. The theme of this movie is definitely Hulot’s inability to adapt to new technology. The poor guy is just completely lost during the entire movie, unless he is in his home which isn’t as advanced as his sisters. Hulot doesn’t fit in but that’s what makes him so interesting.
Things that annoyed me in this movie were some of the noises, especially the women’s shoes clicking every 5 seconds. I hate the sound of repetitive noises and the clicking of the shoes had me stressed out. Aside from that, I do like how the movie is about pure perfection. Every little thing has to be spotless, the way the wife goes about cleaning and serving the child and her husband is amazing. It seems as if the child isn’t going to eat a boiled egg; he’s going in for surgery. Everything is being sterilized and set up perfectly.
You can obviously tell that Jacques Tati is a genius, and this movie proves it. His way of directing movies is unbelievable. You don’t even need the characters to speak, which they barely did, to get the message across. The sound of everything (except the shoes) is out of this world and I really enjoyed the details and art of this movie.
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