Playtime by Jacques Tati

Most people may not know Jacques Tati. He was a French actor, director and screenwriter born in 1907. Like Charles Chaplin or Buster Keaton, Jacques was an incredible physical comedy performer, also known as slapstick. The cool thing about Jacques is that he starred, wrote and directed all of his films.

I got into his filmography during the pandemic when I was at home trying to watch something new when suddenly I fell in love with the miniature of Playtime. I didn’t know anything about Jacques Tati or what the movie was about, but thankfully I gave it a chance.

The plot of the movie is simple: Monsieur Hulot has an important meeting but he gets lost among all the buildings and people living in a futuristic and hyper-consumerist Paris. It’s a beautiful comedy about confusion in modern times with a ton of scenes that will make you laugh and think about this era full of technology and people running from one place to another.

Watch Playtime on Amazon Prime or Mubi, I promise you will love it!

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