Mon oncle 1958

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: Facing it squarely, My Uncle is perceptibly contrived when it lingers too long and gets too deeply into the dullness of things mechanical. After you've pushed one button and one modernistic face, you've pushed them all. Read more

Keith Uhlich, Time Out: No less a masterpiece than its Gallic-tongued cousin. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Jacques Tati is the great philosophical tinkerer of comedy, taking meticulous care to arrange his films so that they unfold in a series of revelations and effortless delights. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: Unforgettably funny, wonderfully observed, and always technically brilliant. Read more

Variety: Satire is not barbed or vicious and everybody can laugh at it and themselves. There's expert blocking out of the characters, creative use of sound, and eschewing of all useless dialog. Read more