Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- breezy
- exuberant
- lazy sunday
- group comedy night
What critics said
Aggregate reception is difficult to reconcile: the film was an enormous French box-office success, while its 31% Rotten Tomatoes score indicates largely unfavorable English-language critical aggregation.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Godefroy and Jacquouille struggle to understand contemporary customs and technology after being transported from the Middle Ages.
The nobleman and his squire repeatedly respond to modern life with clumsy, outsized reactions and slapstick behavior.
Godefroy's medieval nobility and Jacquouille's servile identity collide with the social structures of modern France.
The film places medieval costumes, manners, and assumptions against contemporary technology and domestic environments.
Films like The Visitors, and why
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
shares broad physical comedy, fish out of water humor, and culture shock between incompatible social worlds
Kate & Leopold
shares time travel, comic clashes between historical and contemporary cultures, and energetic slapstick
The Change-Up
shares farcical body-swapping and identity confusion driven by exaggerated comic performances
Movie Details
- Director
- Jean-Marie Poiré
- Release Date
- 1993-01-27
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 (2107)
Cast
- Jean Reno
- Christian Clavier
- Valérie Lemercier
- Marie-Anne Chazel
- Christian Bujeau
- Isabelle Nanty
- Gérard Séty
- Didier Pain
- Jean-Paul Muel
- Arielle Sémenoff
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, France Channel Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Visitors about?
- A medieval lord and his unruly squire turn 1990s France upside down while racing to undo a sorcerer's disastrous time-travel mistake.
- What is The Visitors like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Visitors as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Visitors violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Visitors as mild.
- What did critics think of The Visitors?
- Aggregate reception is difficult to reconcile: the film was an enormous French box-office success, while its 31% Rotten Tomatoes score indicates largely unfavorable English-language critical aggregation.
- Which films are like The Visitors?
- Films with a similar feel include Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Kate & Leopold, and The Change-Up.
- How long is The Visitors?
- The Visitors runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Visitors?
- In United States, The Visitors streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, France Channel Amazon Channel.
