Trafic (1971)
Mr. Hulot drives a recreational vehicle from Paris to Amsterdam in his usual comic, disasterous style. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jacques Tati
Written By: Jacques Tati, Jacques Lagrange
Starring: Jacques Tati, Franco Ressel, Tony Knepper, Mario Zanuelli, Maria Kimberly, Marcel Franval
Genre: Comedy
AKA: Traffic
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Trafic belongs to 25 collections
1. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 163 stars)
2. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
3. Criterion Collection (Blu-ray) (public: moderated by epiphany - 19 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
5. Non-verbal (public: moderated by djross - 16 stars)
6. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)
7. Road Trip (public: moderated by td888 - 12 stars)
8. Director/star combination (public: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
9. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
10. Sound Design (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 1 star)
11. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
12. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
13. Non-American, non-British comedies (public: moderated by juandr)
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BillyShears | 55 27% |
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Trafic is shot well and has some great setups but baby most of the time it’s as fun as sitting in ... boring French garbage good lord. I’d lose my mind over Jerry Lewis too if this was the alternative.
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JSchlansky | 80 78% |
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The most lighthearted, whimsical film ever made in which a woman believes someone is mutilating the corpse of her dog right in front of her
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MartinTeller | 65 26% |
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There are some really good gags here, but for every two of those there's one that's a dud. Trying to shoehorn the character into a more conventional storyline doesn't succeed that well, either. Tati's at his best when his films leisurely flutter about, not when trying to get from point A to point B. Still, it's not a bad way to get a Tati fix, although little of the humor springs from Hulot. The camping car is a brilliant piece of work, and some of the antics at the convention are funny.
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Suture Self | 7 67% |
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If you tough through the dead areas you'll come across a few moments of great physical comedy. The social commentary is easy but not exactly off the mark, and the continued references to the Apollo 11 mission allows Tati to point out humanity is capable of more than just bickering and nonsense...maybe...
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Parallax | 65 14% |
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Visually compelling but it's kind of a bore.
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| 1 | xacviant | 78 47% |
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Tati's final M. Hulot film has a weak reputation, but I was pleasantly surprised by it; the first act isn't that good, but it gradually begins to pay off. The country village interlude is exceptionally warm and congenial, although there's an extended gag in the middle of it that was widely criticized for being too cruel (I find it to be one of the funniest moments in the film). The ending is too similar to PLAY TIME, but it's otherwise a lot of fun. And personally, I think that camper rocks.
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| 1 | rojatume | 50 6% |
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Though occasionally stunningly beautiful, the majority of the film is very dull - Not boring, just low on entertainment. But, man, I dug the music!
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| Average Percentile 56.13% from 320 Ratings |  |