Les visiteurs: La révolution

Look, what did you expect? Les Visiteurs (1993) is one of the most successful, funniest French films of the 20th century, it couldn't be topped with a sequel, especially if it's part 3, 25 years later. At least it:

a) Stayed loyal to the timeline, giving us some closure on what happened after the end credits of the second movie; b) Brought something new to the mix; c) Some jokes were actually pretty funny;

It probably could have been done better if done with younger, more energetic actors, but then all the "familiar faces" gags go to crap, unless the movie's gonna spend a good portion of it establishing new actors in the roles of familiar characters.

It ended on another great chapter in French history, an interesting crossover, and it's fun to speculate what would happen to Godefroy and Jacquouille next.

All in all, I'm glad they made something with that cliffhanger they left us with back in 1998. They didn't mess it up too hard, it's part 3 for god's sake, for a part 3 it's ok.

This movie should be shown in cinema lessons as among the worst sequels ever, really! Our french BTTF is so bad that you can't imagine it! If you do a sequel, it's because you have a story to tell, especially when you do time travels! Here after 1 hour i was still wondering what this one was about: so our medieval heroes are stuck in Revolution but what's else? nothing... it talks, it shoots, it brawls but it's empty air, it's nothing... Sometimes a sequel can be saved by a talented cast: here there is no none: it's not the cream of the cream but the bottom of the garbage: Dubosc ? Testud ?? Abittan ??? Lutz ???? At last, if it's a comedy, you can laugh... here, not once!

When you think about the first movie, the American remake and most of the second movie, you just don't understand what happens here... So it was so bad that i just stopped it after endless dreadful minutes of pain... It's sad for a french classic to not have a worthy final and to be lost forever into the limbs of time....

Les visiteurs come back again, now in french revolution's peak, there are a lot of gags and jokes, the most interesting is about the old servant Jacquouville who now understand that he no longer needs to serves his master, they are equal, let's face firstly the odd french humor from Christian Clavier as a nasty and stinker man, wasn't to all taste, l'd watch several comic movies from french and they had his own style properly for them, unusual for our standards, they speak so fast that infringes each other which has some difficulty to able a prompt line of reasoning, sometimes l'd to stop to try understand it on first time, it's a format just to french audience who are already accustomed with this concept, but still funny!!

Resume:

First watch: 2019 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 5.5

I've seen it with my daughter 12 April 2016 in a little country's cinema with no publicity (cool). (In France) What could we expect more than what we've seen ? Nothing, so that's a good film. We laughed all along the film. It's a comic film ! Story is good, actors play well. Frank Dubosc is very good as usual. Music is the same as the 1st film (Era). Colors and garments are beautiful. It's a well made film, it lasts 120 min, and it's not long. I don't know what it could be if traduced in other languages ? In fact, there are lots of jokes on the older french language. I hope the 4th film should be soon, in 1942 during WWII in France in Montmirail's castle ! We've seen the 4 films (add the version for USA, Visiteurs in America). So 7/10, no more, no less. I read the critics and i think they're cruel. Sincerely Emmanuel (from France)

I just finished the 10th rewatch of this move. Its just better and better every times. I completly understand the so many historical jokes and comic scenes and just like it and still laugh many times. I know the most people dont get it because its a very special humor. I can say its the most seriously underrated but simply best piece of Les visiteurs series. I can advise to watch it multiple times and you may get it! :D