The Visitors (1993)

How sad is this?

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The two movies came in 1993 and if each one was a huge success, the two split totally in vision and production. This one is about what France does best, comedy and its long history! Usually, time travel is about going into the past and causing paradox while here it's about going into the future which is our present! A bit like "BTF", our heroes feel stuck and alien to their new environment and want to get back to their time-line. But the essential factors here are not the special effects that are rather crude but the cast and the idea to stick to country life that remains even today the real roots of France! Lemercier who isn't among the glamorous one is indeed exceptional as a catholic housewife of this rural elite! And for sure, for all who like French history, the meeting of old language and new speech is totally funny whereas we rather expected the same gap with the objects… So this comedy really embodies what's my country and is thus a must-see for all France lovers!

this is a great movie.the best comedy with jean reno and Christian clavier on top of there game.This movie has a little of everything to have a great time it,s so funny the 2 main character are hilarious.The association between those 2 actors is the best ever.this movie was one of the biggest box office hit ever in France.jean reno is a great actor every scene with him is a delight and Christian clavier is so funny he is hilarious. This movie is perfect to have a good time they should make more of those movies because they are fun movies.this is a great comedy that everybody can enjoy.jean reno is amazing is such a great actor and in this movie he is very funny.

*Spoiler/plot- 1993, It's the 10th century, a well known French Medieval knight that saves the French king from the English invaders and is rewarded by being betrothed to a local princess. The French knight and his peasant servant get mixed up with a sorcerer who gives them a potion that puts them into the modern world to see his modern descendants. *Special Stars- Christian Clavier, Jena Reno, Valerie Lemercier, Maire-Anne Chazel, Christian Bjeau, *Theme- Never make an enemy of a sorcerer.*Based on- French Medieval history and popular time travel film plots.*Trivia/location/goofs- French made (English subtitles) Great costumes, and locations around the French countryside.*Emotion- Rather clever time travel comedy movie dealing with great performances from the actors. The cast plays the emotional and dramatic scenes 'dead' serious which only sets up the comedic outcome with a great finish to this film. If you are a history, Renaissance Faire, science fiction, or Francophile buff, this film is pure enjoyment and fun.

I once commented rather unflatteringly on a film featuring French comedian Louis de Funes a few years ago, and I believe it is one of the least 'useful' comments I have written. Something like 0 out of 19, I think. When it comes to French humour I clearly don't 'get' it, because this successful comedy also left me cold.It begins promisingly, and the scenes featuring Jean Reno's Godefrey de Papincourt and Christian Clavier's Jacquard in their own time are by far the funniest and strongest. Unfortunately, things descend into a typically Gallic farce when they unexpectedly find themselves transported to modern-day France. It's surprising, really, because you'd think the potential for laughs from this 'fish out of water' scenario would be virtually inexhaustible. In this case, however, they're practically invisible. The hapless knight and his serf drink water from the toilet and leave the basin taps running, they pull light fittings from the wall believing them to be torches (one of the funnier moments) and get travel sickness in cars.Jean Reno has a face made for comedy – although this is the first one I can remember seeing him in and he provides most of the laughs. Clavier's brand of humour is too broad (he also co-wrote) and he is too prone to pulling faces to get laughs. Many of the other characters are simply annoying; they either do stupid things or stand around screeching at what Reno and Clavier are doing. Clavier plays two roles, and it's a toss up as to which is the least funny.Other reviewers have suggested that much of the humour will be lost if you need to rely on subtitles to understand what is being said. While this may be true, it can't account for the number of visual gags that fall flat.