Jacques Tati made four films starring the bumbling and lovable Monsieur Hulot, of which Mon Oncle is only the second. He is a French successor to Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, and a predecessor to such characters as Mr. Bean. He is affable and unassuming, and the films he breezes through are not out-and-out comedies like we’ve come to expect in America, but relaxed reflections on life that cause you to laugh out loud on occasion. Watching Hulot, you want to approach life like he does – without care and worry, and certainly without deep concern over what others might think of you. He is a truly happy individual and we’d do well to emulate his outlook on life.

~ Evan Derrick