Andy_MJD

A movie brimming with eye candy - lovely shots and colours throughout. Quite funny at times, Tati makes another film filled with clever commentary/caricature of society, from pet peeves we all seem to share to larger-than-life eccentrics who take over an entire scene. The Where's Waldo-esque construction of shots and chorégraphies was incredibly fitting and unique, especially at the beginning.

All this said, it is a very long film which drags at times. Towards the beginning, this slow pacing is quite entertaining because it is fitting of the film's content- but scenes become long-winded towards the latter half of the film.

There are maybe a dozen funny moments, the rest is a meandering, slow, tepid film, with bad edits and sound. The characters are hateable and the ending is rushed beyond all rushed endings. There are too many side characters and motivations make no sense. In short, it's a terrible story. The clever lines from Katharine Hepburn are lovely but far in between, and Carey Grant plays a mopey simp the entire film, then suddenly changes character in the last scene. The leopard was also whipped during production, so minus points for animal abuse.

A nice twist on the haunted house trope, unapologetically itself and fun.