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  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary 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)

Written By: Jean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier, John Hughes

  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2001
  • PG-13
  • Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
  • 1 h 28 m

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Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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)

Written By: Jean-Marie Poiré, Christian Clavier, John Hughes

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
38
12% Positive
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
14 Reviews
32% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 25 Critic Reviews
38
12% Positive
3 Reviews
56% Mixed
14 Reviews
32% Negative
8 Reviews

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75
Preserves the flavor of the original and even improves upon it.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
60
A happy vulgarity still reigns.
By F. X. Feeney FULL REVIEW
50
Over all, the humor has been sanitized a bit compared with the darker, more grotesque comedy of the French original.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
40
Heartfelt as Reno and Applegate are here, the film strands them with an impotently blustering, straw-dog villain and a limp, directionless story.
By Frank Lovece FULL REVIEW
40
A lot of it is low, crude, admittedly comic in the rudest positive sense, which involves a lot of falling down to humorous effect.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
25
A mess.
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
12
Don't even think of visiting this French fiasco.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Gaumont, Hollywood Pictures, Bruin Grip Services
Release Date Apr 6, 2001
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline They Came. They Saw. They Wanna Go Back.
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