A Lesser Tati

It is worth  checking out the schedules on Talking Pictures TV. They show old films and old television but there are some considerable goodies hidden among the predictable dross. It was on this channel that I found the utterly brilliant Monsieur Hulot's Holiday. Not quite up to that sublime standard but enjoyable nonetheless is Jaccques Tati's earlier movie, Jour de Fete. You have to put up with annoying subtitles offered in a ridiculous demotic American but at its heart this warm comedy does what comedies ought to do - it makes you laugh. 69/100.