French signs are replaced by ones in English; important dialogue is dubbed in English, although background voices remain in French. Reception Bosley Crowther said the film had a "cast of colorful and adroit supporting players, all nonprofessionals" and a "gay but somewhat monotonous musical score"; he called the film "perceptibly contrived when it lingers too long and gets too deeply into the dullness of things mechanical. After you've pushed one button and one modernistic face, you've pushed them all. Mr. Hulot [as played by Tati] is the focus of amusement, not electrical doors and machines that squeeze out plastic hose." Crowther noted that its style of humor "was done superbly more than twenty-five years ago by René Clair in À Nous la Liberté and afterward by Charlie Chaplin in Modern Times." Variety said that although it was "somewhat long for a comedy, Jacques Tati's film has inventiveness, gags, warmth and a 'poetic' approach to satire"; they complimented the film's "expert blocking out of the characters, creative use of sound, and eschewing of all useless dialog." See also List of submissions to the 31st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of French submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links Mon Oncle an essay by Matt Zoller Seitz at The Criterion Collection Mon Oncle at Tativille Mon Oncle film trailer at Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Union 1958 films 1958 comedy films Italian comedy films Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Films directed by Jacques Tati Films scored by Alain Romans Films set in Paris French comedy films 1950s French-language films Gaumont Film Company films French satirical films 1950s Italian films 1950s French films