| | Visitors DVD (4 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Comedies Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, Foreign Films, Romance, Fantasy, French, Mishaps, Time Travel, Medieval | | Starring | Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Didier Benureau, Isabelle Nanty, Didier Pain, Valerie Lemercier, Pierre Aussedat, Frederic Baptiste, Christian Bujeau, Marie-Anne Chazel, Francois Lalande, Jean-Paul Muel, Michel Peyrelon, Arielle Semenoff, Gerard Sety, Pierre Vial | | Director | Jean-Marie Poire |
Closed Captioned; Soundtrack French; English Subtitles Hoping to travel back in time to right an accidental slaying, a 12th-century knight and his bumbling squire are instead sent 900 years into the future. Once they get their 20th-century bearings, they set out to reclaim their castle (now a luxury hotel) and to figure out how to return to their own era - but the newly liberated serf may not want to return. This hilarious comedy became the highest grossing comedy of all time in France. This film was incredibly popular in France; at one point, over 20,000 people a day attended a screening.
Screenwriter/actor Christian Clavier and actress Valérie Lemercier both appeared onstage in French vaudeville -- a form which, unlike its American counterpart, is alive and thriving. Much of the film's material derives from this tradition.
Other production companies: Amigo Productions (France) and Alpilles Productions (France). The region of Languedoc-Roussillon in France also contributed financially to the production.
Running time 107 minutes.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification. Visitors Reviews: "...THE VISITORS is resounding proof that it is still possible to conjure up a hilarious, ingenious, mainstream entertainment with the utmost sophistication and perception..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times "...[A] charming and chilling tale....VISITEURS raises many questions about the meanings, and priorities, of love....It does so with beautiful language and exquisite acting..."
-- Andrew Patner, Chicago Sun-Times
This is the only Pierre Aussedat video. Stars also making their debut in this video: Frederic Baptiste, Marie-Anne Chazel, Francois Lalande, Jean-Paul Muel, Michel Peyrelon, Arielle Semenoff, Gerard Sety, Pierre Vial. Visitors | List Price | $9.99 (You save $2.60) | | Studio | Buena Vista Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1993 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5931  | | CD Universe Part number | 2016471 | | Catalog number | 02362200 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 11, 2001 | | Rating | R (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Visiteurs | | Running Time | 107 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround Sound; Digitally Mastered; HiFi Sound; Digital Sound; Stereo Sound; Letter Boxed; Widescreen |
Visitors Movie Review Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)  Correction to previous entry
This, the French version, is 5 Stars. The American version I mentioned previously is "Just Visiting" with Christina Applegate, and I give it only 2 stars.
There is also Les Visiteurs 2 : Les Colours du Tiemps (?), which is also funny.
Submitted by richtxn (Texarkana, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Funniest movie in some time
I still watch it and laugh so hard at the 3 main characters. Valerie Lemercier really makes the movie work, and she should have gotten an award (if she didn't), in her role as Countess Beatrice. Of course Jean Reno and Christian Clavier are good, too.
There is a cheap American copy, "The Visitors" which is not very funny. See my review of "The Visitors", at this same web site, for more.
Submitted by richtxn (Texarkana USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Good even with Subtitles
It was a good comedy. Having to read through the subtitles was not pleasant but it was worth it. Much better than the American version.
Submitted by a reviewer (Two Rivers AK)
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The most hillarious French movie!
You don't have to know French to love this movie! It is entertaining in a new and fresh way. Idiotic, bizarre and satirical. I highly recommend it for a fun time. Not so suitable for children, who do not understand the concept of humor and voilence in the same script!
Submitted by a reviewer (Atlanta, GA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No French Slapstick like you'll never see again!
This is the first movie I saw in France at the beginning of my 6 year adventure there. I was a little unsure if a night at the movies would be much fun for me because my French was so poor, and my previous French film experiences were of films with a meandering plot, deep characters, lots of dark dialogue and an unhappy, realistic ending. But - I knew that I had to start somewhere.
I hadn't laughed aloud so much in a theatre in a long time. This obtuse "Airplane" style film caught me off guard. THE NULLS - the comedy troupe that stars in the film have a great reputation and were all in great form! Jean Reno, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, is in rare form here. Hard to believe when I see his other works, like the PROFESSIONAL, that he can swing to such acting extremes.
Don't buy this movie if you are looking for some dark, painful voyage into the French psyche. Buy it if you are looking for a light-hearted, psycho-spoof on slasher movies.
Stylobille
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Visitors DVD The Visitors
This outrageous time-travel comedy follows the misadventures of a wacky medieval knight (Jean Reno -- MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, THE PROFESSIONAL) and his faithful servant when they suddenly find themselves zapped into the present day! Mayhem rules as these 12th-century visitors try adapting to the wildly confusing modern world! To avoid being stuck here for good, however, they soon begin an all-out cosmic assault on their former castle -- now a luxury hotel -- in their quest to return to the past. But you can be sure THE VISITORS won't leave without first delivering nonstop laughs and outstanding comedy entertainment!
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