The Jacques Tati set was sent to me yesterday for review. I'd never seen a Tati film before.
Thus far, I have only watched one film (JOUR de FETE), and although I readily agree that Tati is a marvelous physical comedian, I'm wondering if his humor would be more effective in 1-2 reel films, rather than features.
The primary thing that bothered me is that this 85-90 minute movie had virtually no plot. It was was really one extended situation that allowed Tati to do his schtick. Funny? Yes, but even Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd, the greatest of all physical comedians, had plots for their films.
In looking the synopses for the other features in this collection, it appears that none of them have real plots; just situations. But, I could be wrong.