Monsieur Hulot. H-U-L-O-T
No 218 - Les Vancances de Monsieur Hulot (Mr Hulot's Holiday) Director - Jacques Tati This was apparently the first film to unveil Mr Hulot , Jacques Tati's comedy alter ego and a sort of predecessor to Mr Bean .... However, this film didn't have a lot of the subtlety or excellent timing that Rowan Atkinson manages to squeeze out of his latter creation . I have to say that I don't understand a lot of the older French Comedy. I found the slapstick in this was too crude, too basic, too obvious to be really funny, and I found the same when I saw another staple of French comedy - Les Bronzés . Although both of these films have their moments of comedy, the majority of it was too broad for me. Saying that, more recent French films seem to really play the subtle and sarcastic humour that I love. Please don't take me to be dissing my Frenchie heritage... I may be L'Anglais by name but I still embrace my froggie half, just not their older comedies. However, L...