Tati's despair is modulated by a sense of wonder.

| Mar 2, 2015

Jacques Tati's Playtime is an astringent antidote to Paris movies that are as sickly as macaroons and stuffed with views of the Eiffel Tower by night.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2014

For my money Playtime is the greatest film ever made.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 6, 2014

Jacques Tati's 1967 masterpiece still holds up as a feast of subtle sight gags, playful noise and, above all, visual wonders.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 4, 2014

PlayTime is a work of unparalleled genius.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 3, 2014

Sure, Tati's script may have been small, but there's such depth of content in each setup.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 18, 2009

Pic takes to the 70mm process with an extraordinary impressionistic outdoor set of a new Paris, and is an observant romp during a one-day stay of a group of tourists.

| Mar 26, 2009

Comedy has rarely been so intricate, incisive and inspired.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 30, 2006

For this remarkable 1967 comedy about man and his modern world, Jacques Tati attempted nothing less than a complete reworking of the conventional notions of montage and, amazingly, he succeeded.

| Dec 4, 2006

My all-time favorite movie, this 1967 French comedy by actor-director Jacques Tati almost certainly has the most intricately designed mise en scene in all of cinema.

| Dec 4, 2006

Playtime is a peculiar, mysterious, magical film.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 20, 2006

With Playtime's monumental decor and complex choreographed gags taking place simultaneously in a constantly mutating space, Tati explored the possibilities of 70mm as they had never been utilized before.

| Dec 28, 2004

Bravo, M. Hulot! (And watch that umbrella!).

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 26, 2004

Tati's attempt to answer this question: In the midst of an increasingly impersonal world, how do we keep our humanity?

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 16, 2004

At a time when most comedies seem created for knuckle-trailing sensibilities, we can use as much sophistication as we can get.

Full Review | Mar 16, 2004

Jacques Tati's most brilliant film, a bracing reminder in this all-too-lazy era that films can occasionally achieve the status of art.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 20, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 15, 2002