My Uncle
Continental Distributing | Release Date: November 3, 1958 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
84
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
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 full review
100
Time OutKeith Uhlich
The comic jabs — Tati makes brilliant use of a gaudy, gurgling fish fountain — never overwhelm the humanity of these disparate characters. [09 Sep 2010, Issue#780]
100
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
An Oscar winner for best foreign-language film, its ideas were later perfected in the masterly "Playtime." [27 Aug 2004, p.C3]
100
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
It's a delicate and ingenious film that skewers modern life without ever baring its nails or turning sour. [17 Dec 2010]
88
LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen
Mon Oncle zeroes on in the way we often use our homes as status symbols first, and places of care and comfort second. Read full review
80
CineVueJamie Neish
Featuring a cavalcade of colourful characters, lively merriment and a wit and charm like no other, Jour de Fête marks a spectacularly well fashioned introduction to Tati’s old-fashioned and playful sense of humour. Read full review
80
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Somewhat long for a comedy, Jacques Tati's film has inventiveness, gags, warmth and a 'poetic' approach to satire. Read full review
80
Village VoiceJonas Mekas
A comedy that is subtle, biting, observing, and above all, personal. [12 Nov 1958, p.6]
80
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Less a condemnation of technology than of its worshippers, MY UNCLE is simultaneously entertaining, intelligent, and technically inventive. Read full review
80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
While some episodes are protracted, many are unforgettably funny, wonderfully observed, and always technically brilliant. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
The Oscar-winning Mon Oncle, in which Tati returned as Hulot, finds the filmmaker in a no less humorous, yet more critical, mood. [02 Feb 1995, p.F4]
75
Slant MagazineChristian Blauvelt
Mon Oncle is not Jacques Tati’s most ambitious film, nor his most democratic. It is quite possibly, however, his most didactic and depressing. Read full review
75
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
Tati hasn’t quite solved the structural problem he posed for himself, but if the film isn’t wholly satisfying, it’s still a very witty and suggestive work from the modern cinema’s only answer to Chaplin and Keaton. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBosley Crowther
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 full review
60
EmpireWilliam Thomas
Delightful, but bum-numbingly slow. Read full review
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