Réalisation:
Jean-Marie PoiréPhotographie:
Ueli SteigerMusique:
John PowellActeurs·trices:
Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Christina Applegate, Matt Ross, Bridgette Wilson, Tara Reid, Malcolm McDowell, Oliver Ford Davies, Danny Goldring (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Durant la guerre de cent ans, le duc français Thibault de Malfète s'apprête à épouser Rosaline, la fille du roi de Grande-Bretagne. Cependant, Earl de Warrick a l'intention de s'opposer au mariage. Une sorcière lui a concocté une potion à offrir au duc Thibault. Celui-ci, ne soupçonnant pas la traîtrise, l'ingurgite. Aussitôt victime d'hallucinations, il tue accidentellement sa bien-aimée. Un geste irréversible qui lui vaut la peine de mort. Le duc Thibault est toutefois sauvé par son fidèle serviteur, André le Pâté, et le magicien anglais. Celui-ci leur prépare un breuvage qui leur permettra de remonter le temps et ainsi de pouvoir empêcher la mort de Rosaline. Mais il oublie d'inclure dans la potion un élément crucial et les deux hommes se retrouvent plongés dans les couloirs du temps. Les deux lascars aboutissent en l'an 2000 à Chicago, dans une chambre reconstruite dans un grand musée à l'occasion d'une exposition sur le Moyen-Âge. Cet événement culturel a été organisé par la conservatrice Julia Malfète qui n'est autre que la descendante de Rosaline et constitue la clé de leur retour chez eux. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Critiques (3)
A terrible American remake of a fairly good comedy, where it's confirmed once again that when two do the same thing, it's not the same thing. The comedy is incredibly unfunny, and the only funny bits are the ones that were already seen in the French version. This is just a film made so Americans wouldn't have to read subtitles. There is no added value to it.
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The recycled plot of the original The Visitors is diluted so as to be planted in the commercial potential of abounding America, and the result is shapeless crap that has very little in common with the previous two films. Jean Reno in the role of Knight Thibault is but a shadow of the venerable Count de Montmirail, not to mention Clavier, in front of whose Andrew the famous Jacquouille would not even have farted contemptuously. Their mutual sparks are nowhere to be seen, the dialogues are faint, without wit, without pithiness. If I laughed, it was only during the poorly copied scenes from previous films and only in the first part of the film. The second part is a post-American mockery and is a mess, and the only thing it has in common with The Visitors are the poorly acted main characters. The spirit of the previous films is irretrievably lost - the editing, the dynamics of dialogues, the acting performances all don’t work... just nothing. Only a drop of nostalgia saves this comedy from trash, nostalgia which seizes me when I see Reno's face in his helmet...
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Less humorous than the previous 2 installments of Just Visiting, but I still enjoyed it quite a bit. It falls a bit short of the original, though, of course.
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