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Just Visiting
Touchstone Pictures
MPAA RATING: PG-13
Starring
Jean Reno,
Christian Clavier,
Christina Applegate,
Tara Reid,
Bridgette Wilson,
Lorenzo Clemons,
Ric Sarabia,
and
Suyun Kim
In this American retelling of the 1993 French comedy blockbuster "Les Visiteurs," a medieval count (Reno) and his faithful servant (Clavier) are accidentally transported forward in time from 12th century France to modern-day Chicago due to a wizard's flawed time-travel potion. (Hollywood Pictures)
| GENRE(S): |
Fantasy
|
| WRITTEN BY: |
Jean-Marie Poiré (1993 screenplay Les Visiteurs)
Christian Clavier (1993 screenplay Les Visiteurs)
Christian Clavier
Jean-Marie Poiré and John Hughes
|
| DIRECTED BY: |
Jean-Marie Poiré
|
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 11, 2001
Video: September 11, 2001
Theatrical: April 6, 2001
|
| RUNNING TIME: |
88 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France / USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Preserves the flavor of the original and even improves upon it.

70
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
If you saw the French version, well, here it is, in Disney language, with John-Hughes-style slapstick.

63
Chicago Tribune
Loren King
Recycled French farce isn't a bad thing, but do they really like all those pratfalls?
60
Variety
Joe Leydon
A one-joke comedy that is good for more than a few good laughs.

60
LA Weekly
F. X. Feeney
A happy vulgarity still reigns.

58
Entertainment Weekly
Ty Burr
Forgoes the destructo silliness of the original in favor of one too many bland self help subplots.

50
Film.com
Tom Keogh
It does yield solidly comic performances.

50
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Graham
Amusing enough.

50
The New York Times
Dave Kehr
Over all, the humor has been sanitized a bit compared with the darker, more grotesque comedy of the French original.

50
Miami Herald
Christine Dolen
Director Jean-Marie Gaubert, who also directed this film's French predecessor, keeps the silly story barreling along.
50
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Not as funny as the original, not nearly as funny.

40
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
One more attempt to pass off chopped liver as foie gras.

40
TV Guide
Frank Lovece
Heartfelt as Reno and Applegate are here, the film strands them with an impotently blustering, straw-dog villain and a limp, directionless story.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
This is a scattershot affair, though fans of Reno should find it engagingly loopy.

40
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
A lot of it is low, crude, admittedly comic in the rudest positive sense, which involves a lot of falling down to humorous effect.

40
New Times (L.A.)
M.V. Moorhead
It's a crude, visually ugly, and peculiarly over-plotted movie, but the blunt, pungent, physical shtick is often pretty funny.

40
Los Angeles Times
Gene Seymour
Drains the original story of its satire and juices up its shtick, schmaltz and special effects.

38
Boston Globe
Joanna Weiss
It's hard to believe anyone would think importing a French comedy was a good idea.
38
USA Today
Andy Seiler
No disinfectant could clean up this misbegotten, Americanized remake of "Les Visiteurs."

30
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
I haven't seen the original, and this mishmash -- doesn't make me want to.

25
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
I nodded off watching Just Visiting.
25
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
There ought to be a law about transporting humor internationally.

25
Baltimore Sun
Chris Kaltenbach
A mess.
20
Village Voice
Michael Atkinson
Not only microwaves what is already four-day-old fish in Paris, but lets the original director, screenwriters, and stars do the reheating.

12
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Don't even think of visiting this French fiasco.

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