The greatest movie ever made..!

It is a performances centric movie

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie is really very funny. It makes fun of the French aristocracy and does it in a very amusing way. Don't miss it. Jean Reno and his servant both excellent actors in this movie.

I love French comedy movies. They are always a bit silly and straight- forward at times, but for me it beats the nonsense and obscene you typically find in Hollywood's comedies. In those American movies, the characters are either too stupid, so stupid that they have no common sense at all, or they are just too smart that they response with carefully thought line that normal people would have taken a while to think of. And if you watch a lot of movies like me, these punchy lines are repeated over and over again. I remember I enjoyed this very movie when it aired on TV 10-20 years ago. I have a tendency not to re-watch movies, but I laughed so much when watching this movie again. It definitely earns my recommendation.

Les Visiteurs and "les 3 frères (1995)" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114732/ ) are the best french comedies ever made, you can watch them over and over again without being bored , i'm surprised by the relative low rating of this movie that's why i put a 10/10 , but i would rate it 9/10 normally i would recommend it to anyone who speaks french because it needs to be seen in it's original version to be truly appreciated You will learn and remember all the best sentences from this movie and use them as jokes on your everyday life with your friends. In France i don't know anybody who doesn't know at least one line of this movie , that's how popular and funny this movie isDon't bother watching the sequels they are not nearly as funny as the original , you better watch this one again

As was mentioned in a previous review, I, too, am sure that some of the great dialogue in French was missing when they wrote out the subtitles, but even so, the gist of this movie is easy to follow. The dialogue, even for the 11th century scenes, is crisp and at times very clever, but it's not until the main characters end up in the modern world and are dealing with a populace too self-involved with themselves to really notice that something is amiss, that the real fun begins. The movie starts out in the 11th century and warring clans between France and England and a specific knight who only wants to get back to his love so he can marry her. On the way they encounter a witch who somehow manages to lace his water with something that makes him see a ferocious beast chasing his beloved, when in fact it's her father. He shoots to kill, and does, thus ruining his chances of marriage and having descendants. He can, though fix this error, and heads to the local wizard, who is senile, and the knight, with his slave, end up in modern-day France. They then have to figure out how to get back, since he if does not he realizes that the descendant that ends up helping him will no longer exist. The movie somewhat reminded me of some Monty Python gags, but without the overt silliness. This was an intelligent comedy, at times with some silly elements, but they did not come off as such. Our hero, even when saying something absolutely funny, does so with the style and grace as only nobility can. This is where Reno shines. Who knew? All I have ever seen him in is crime thrillers or dramas, but the man can do comedy and does it well. But what makes this movie so very funny is everyone else around them, all talking fast, so you need to read those subtitles very fast, and all the little actions going on at the same time that somehow have nothing to do with the knight and his side-kick, yet we realize that they actually do, as everything is linked to something along the way. Overall, an excellent movie for some general fun using witty dialogue.