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# Mon Oncle (1958): what the critics said

Critics' score 73 from 7 reviews: 5 positive, 2 mixed, 0 negative.

Most critics respond warmly to Mon Oncle, finding Tati’s comedy inventive and its satire of modern living pointed without losing its warmth. Praise centres on the contrast between Hulot’s disorderly neighbourhood and the Arpels’ automated home, where domestic technology and bourgeois habits supply the jokes. The reviews particularly value the visual composition, expert blocking and creative sound, which make the clash between two ways of life funny while giving the changing surroundings a serious edge.

Reservations concern pace and how insistently the film makes its case, rather than a failure of comic invention. Empire finds the slow pace and repetition better suited to a shorter feature, while Slant Magazine enjoys the film but considers it didactic, depressing and overly nostalgic. The spread is fairly narrow, with no outright negative verdicts among the supplied ratings, though one inaccessible review offers no usable explanation for its score.

## The AV Club — Keith Phipps

Fi1m's normalised score 85/100 (inferred from the text). 19 April 2002. 

Phipps praises Tati’s films for combining comedy and beauty, and considers Mon Oncle a refined, funny work with serious themes. He singles out its depiction of a changing Paris, where Hulot’s old neighborhood gives way to modernity.

[Read the review](https://www.avclub.com/mon-oncle-dvd-1798197273)

## Slant Magazine — Christian Blauvelt

Rating 3/4. 6 September 2010. 

The critic finds the film pleasurable despite calling it didactic, depressing, and overly nostalgic. He praises its art direction, especially the striking composition of the Arpel home at night.

[Read the review](https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/mon-oncle/)

## The New Yorker — Richard Brody

Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 11 September 2009. 

Brody presents the film as an angry, gleeful satire of modernization. He singles out its attack on domestic technology, cleanliness, and the industrial regimentation they encourage.

[Read the review](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/dvd-of-the-week-mon-oncle)

## Variety — Variety Staff

Fi1m's normalised score 75/100 (inferred from the text). 31 December 1957. 

The review finds the comedy somewhat long but inventive, warm and poetically satirical. It praises the expert blocking, creative sound and comic contrast between two ways of life.

[Read the review](https://variety.com/1957/film/reviews/mon-oncle-1200419087/)

## Time Out — JS

Fi1m's normalised score 70/100 (inferred from the text). 

The available blurb presents the film favorably, highlighting Tati’s comic contrast between the Arpels’ automated modernist house and Hulot’s bohemian disorder. The article text is unavailable, so the finer details of the critic’s assessment cannot be confirmed.

[Read the review](https://www.timeout.com/movies/mon-oncle)

## Empire — William Thomas

Fi1m's normalised score 65/100 (inferred from the text). 1 January 2000. 

Thomas finds the film delightful and praises its inspired satire of bourgeois snobbery. He says its slow pace and repetition make it feel better suited to a short feature.

[Read the review](https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/mon-oncle-review/)

## RogerEbert.com

Fi1m's normalised score 64/100 (inferred from the text). 

The page could not be accessed, so its verdict is unavailable. No article text was provided to identify what the critic praised or criticized.

[Read the review](https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-mon-oncle-1958)

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