Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Francene Odetta It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

gavin6942 A medieval nobleman (Jean Reno) and his squire are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. He enlists the aid of his descendant to try to find a way to return home, all the while trying to cope with the cultural and technological changes distinguishing his time from ours.I had never heard of this film, but apparently Reno and Clavier reprised their roles in a sequel in 1998, the American remake "Just Visiting" in 2001 and a second sequel in 2016. So now I have more to see...This film is very much a cross between "Bill and Ted" and Monty Python, but still different enough to be very much its own film. I love the concept of going hundreds of years in the future to meet your offspring. That's clever. The humor is great, and I'm told it is even funnier if you speak French and don't have to rely on subtitles. (French is unfortunately not one of my better languages.)

carbuff For me it took until about half the way through this movie to really get rolling, but it is a lot of fun once you just relax and enjoy the ride. It's not a deep farce, just an enjoyable one. It has a lot of slapstick, but it's not too heavy mostly, although there is a bit of blood and barbarity in the beginning part set in medieval times. (Possibly some of the harsher parts in the beginning aren't suitable for young children--I'm not sure what goes nowadays. By this I mean a graphic beheading and a couple of deaths by crossbow, both played for humor.) The best thing about this movie is that it doesn't sink to the level of a lowest common denominator comedy and retains some intelligence throughout. Overall, just give it time to build momentum and it's a fun time.

HelenMary I've only seen this in the French with English subtitles so I'm sure it loses something in translation but it's still very funny. Jean Reno is a world renowned actor but many of the other actors in this ensemble cast were not known to me before. Valerie Lemercier was particularly good, as was the vassal Christian Clavier.This is humour along the lines of Blackadder & Baldrick, but with a time travel medieval vs modern day France twist. It does highlight the difficultly someone would have coming from the past into the modern day and like similar films the time travellers don't adjust within five minutes so it's far more convincing. It's just funny and I don't find the subtitles a distraction, and everyone's increasing hysteria makes me smile. First time I saw it, it was definitely laugh out loud humour and each time you see it there's definitely something more to see. Recommend you see the French original before the American version. Jean Reno is an awesome actor and he shines in this with comedic timing and genius; it's not many big star actors with such gravitas that will dress up in medieval undergarments and wooing "best" for a role and carry it off with so much aplomb! Funny, very very funny.

lecapitaineasperge I'm french, and i gotta say that i'm really pleased with all the positive comments and feedbacks about this movie, who has become cult in my country. Pretty simple starting idea, making a middle-age knight and his servant time-travel to nowadays, but the result is extremely funny. What i want to say is also that, and many people mentioned it, a huge part of the humor in the movie comes from the mix of the modern french and this old time french language which is extremely funny to hear, cause we (french) aren't used to hear it often.As for the acting, well its amazing : the duo Reno/Clavier just made this movie great, but the supporting characters are also very good (Lemercier, etc ..)A lot of lines in this movie have become famous in my country ("Merci la gueuse ! T'es un laideron mais t'es bien bonne !"), and just by reminding of this movie, i'm laughing out loud, alone in front of my screen :DOne of the best french comedy ever.