Product Information
A French nobleman and his servant from the 12th Century are transported forward in time to Chicago in the year 2000. Museum worker, Julia, shows the visitors how to adjust to modern life...Product Identifiers
ProducerPatrice Ledoux, Ricardo Mestres
EAN5060021175809
eBay Product ID (ePID)3955765
Product Key Features
ActorChristina Applegate, Jean Reno, Christian Clavier, Tara Reid, Bridgette Wilson, Matt Ross, Malcolm McDowell
Film/TV TitleJust Visiting
DirectorJean-Marie Poire
FormatDVD
Release Year2003
LanguageEnglish
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time88 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Number of Discs1
ComposerJohn Powell
ReviewsChicago Sun-Times - ...One of those rare American remakes of a French film that preserves the flavor of the original and even improves upon it..., Sight and Sound - ...Pleasant..., Box Office - ...Consistently entertaining, thanks to the original's ingeniously fun premise....A greater depth and the heart of the film is found in Reno's performance...', Variety - ...Reno strikes a nice balance of pomposity and nobility, canniness and cluelessness...
Additional InformationFrench writer-director Jean-Marie Poire retools his 1993 European box-office hit comedy, LES VISITEURS, with the two original stars, Jean Reno (THE PROFESSIONAL) and Christian Clavier (who co-wrote both films and is France's answer to Jim Carrey) reprising their roles. On the eve of his wedding, 12th Century knight Count Thibault of Malfete (Reno), mistakenly kills his beloved Princess Rosalind (Christina Applegate), while under an evil spell. Grief-stricken, Thibault enlists a wizard (Malcolm McDowell) to send him back in time to avert the murder. When the wizard's potion malfunctions, Thibault and his faithful servant, Andre (Clavier) are deposited in 21st Century Chicago, where they meet museum curator Julia Malfete (Applegate), who is the living image of Rosalind. Believing Thibault to be an eccentric cousin, Julia takes the bewildered Frenchmen home, where they encounter (and destroy) a vast array of modern conveniences. Desperate to return to his proper time, Thibault enlists Julia's help against the wishes of her controlling, money-hungry fiance, Hunter (Matthew Ross). Meanwhile, Andre falls for a pretty, free-spirited gardener, Angelique (Tara Reid). This slapstick, fish-out-of-water comedy-fantasy introduces American audiences to one of the French film industry's most successful writer-director-comedian teams.
ScreenwriterJohn Hughes, Christian Clavier
Movie/TV TitleJust Visiting
Director of PhotographyUeli Steiger