TheRetroCritic

Whoever said that the French couldn't do medieval-themed time-travel comedies? Probably very few, granted. Still, cult comedy Les Visiteurs certainly proved that there was definitely room for more out-of-the-box efforts in the genre. Jean-Marie Poiré, king of blink-and-you'll-miss-em shots, brings his fast-paced, manic style to an absurd story involving knight Godefroy De Montmirail (a career-best Jean Reno) and vassal Jacqouille La Fripouille (Christian Clavier) somehow going forwards in time after a bad run-in with a devious witch. They are propelled into present-day (well, 90's) France after a wizard's potion backfires and they eventually meet their descendants who amusingly look exactly the same but find themselves more than confused by this knight and his disciple's sudden arrival. On paper, Les Visiteurs is nothing special: a typical, rather old-fashioned goofy fish-out-of-water farce. On top of that, Hollywood has its share of great time-travel movies