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Insomniac X Dry but visually impressive absurdist comedy. Tati's characters wander through a maze of elaborately constructed but drab set pieces which foreshadow the dystopian environments of Terry Gilliam's "Brazil," resulting in a vision of modern alienation that leans closer to modern art than narrative fiction. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/05/25 Full Review Alexsander F Ótimo filme de Jacques Tati, leve e cômico que é a sua marca registrada, mas dessa vez ele usou o humor para fazer críticas a sociedade capitalista e moderna da época, claro que as pessoas para perceberem isso terão que ter um outro tipo de olhar para com a obra. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/19/25 Full Review Martijn t We all need a drunk American rich guy who gets the party started at the club, even if said club is not ready (yet) for that much partying. A friend and me joke that every Italian and French movie from the 60s and 70s has a nightclub scene. Well, here's the mother of all nightclub scenes in glorious 70mm. The only other Tati film I'd seen before is Jour de Fête, which I thought was pretty awful, but PlayTime is infinitely better. It's like the missing link between Modern Times and Severance. My favourite part is near the beginning, when mr. Hulot has to wait to be admitted to the waiting room, but the chatter among the American tourists delivered every time too. The paradox of this film is that as much as Tati seems to hate mass consumerism, uniform and cold architecture and busy traffic, and just good old marxist alienation, the camera loves a lot of those glass and steel buildings. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Npoom T Anthology of architects' humor! First of all I would love to say that I recommended this movie for anyone who want to get started to watch an abstract film. It's quite easy to followed up as if you have experienced some urbanist's problems and there's thin plot to follow. There's no main character or solid storyline plot, but you can viewing this as an anthology. The film was composed of two languages, French and English. I recommend for anyone whose not so fluent in French to watch the subtitled version. The film portrayed collections of modern sceneries where people are trying to "be different" by using something modern and popular. However in many scenes showed that the process of changing oneself could be compared to a factory chai, where many raw composites got in at one end, and then comes out as uniform styles on the other end. The film was convincing the audience to see how humans be humans, in mechanical world. Somehow, we behave foolishly as we give up our own comprehension and thoughts for ideas of "renowned designers" without realize if it's match our inner personality or not, or if it's just non-useable social currency. (This is also the big problem that created post modernism, the movement where people questioning perfect modern life to the realistic life they would love to live) and I think this was the main reason many architects and designer praising and recommending this film for many students. I would like to give praise to the art directing teams of this movie for composed such lovely and in the same time can explain the ideas very clearly. All scene in the movie was well arranged with good cinematography and the setting was very minimal, so it can tell the main idea straight to the point. In some scene you'll see that the objects alone are not so important or getting focus at all but what was emphasized on the screen is awkward reaction and behavior of human towards those inventions. The film can express this idea in graceful way, even there was less speeches on the screen. I would say that this was a genuine talent on visual communication using limited visual production. I would complain on how movie narrates. For without the story plot, this movie have very dense direction and very easy to get lost in continuity. Although, some idea in the movie was exaggerated as to insult sarcastically to any group of people. In one hand it was good to explaining an idea, but in the other hand, the communicating method might not be so amiable. So if you want to viewing this classic, you might feel a difference and challenging of your mindset during each act of a film, It's not too difficult but not so simple. For many audience that love narrative style, I would not recommend this film by previous opinion. (But also worth to try) For the overall, i would say that this movies was worth to its praise and honor as a good architectural classic. If you're student of any related field, you shouldn't missed and try to be open minded to got your best from this movie. This movie can change how you perceiving a word of design. Such Graceful 7.5/10 Coconun, Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/23 Full Review Shioka O Spent pleasant time in Paris with Tati. Aesthetically satisfying, almost all footages are like a sophisticated graphic design. it's not about a plot, funny moments are carefully placed everywhere. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/19/22 Full Review Audience Member Hard to figure what this almost plotless film was. First half in particular is an intentionally grey satire of modern life. Picked up pace in the restaurant in the second half of the film where the funniest capers ensue. Hulot the old dog has a fan in the hot American woman who prob should have a sleep and a shower before getting on her flight home. Too dull in places to recommend but it has its moments. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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