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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
The first installment of this double feature, Les Visiteurs, is an absolutely marvelous comedy. However, Arrow Films did their level best to butcher it, offering it in pan-and-scan instead of the original 2.35:1 widescreen ratio. And, as if this wasn't enough, the picture quality is mediocre at best with a lot of grain and, finally, there is no subtitle control. In other words, this DVD is no better than an old fashioned VHS tape.
Surprisingly the video quality of the second installment, Les Visiteurs 2-The Corridors of Time is significantly better being offered in anamorphic widescreen and with subtitle control. Unfortunately, the movie itself is nowhere quite as good with gags piling up on each other in a somewhat contrived way. In my opinion, the second film suffers mostly from the absence of Valerie Lemercier and Isabelle Nanty. In particular Muriel Robin does make a galant effort of emulating Valerie Lemercier's wonderful performance in the dual role of the 12th century bethrothed of the Count of Montmirail and of the present-day Countess of Montmirail, but she can't quite pull it off.
Surprisingly the video quality of the second installment, Les Visiteurs 2-The Corridors of Time is significantly better being offered in anamorphic widescreen and with subtitle control. Unfortunately, the movie itself is nowhere quite as good with gags piling up on each other in a somewhat contrived way. In my opinion, the second film suffers mostly from the absence of Valerie Lemercier and Isabelle Nanty. In particular Muriel Robin does make a galant effort of emulating Valerie Lemercier's wonderful performance in the dual role of the 12th century bethrothed of the Count of Montmirail and of the present-day Countess of Montmirail, but she can't quite pull it off.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
I had to purchase these films for my university course work. As many students will feel I was dreading having to watch the films thinking they would be tedious and mind-numbingly boring. Well was I pleasantly surprised? No...I was ecstatic!
Reno and Clavier were hilarious! Although I was only required to watch the first film, I bought them both and have watched them countless times!
Reno and Clavier were hilarious! Although I was only required to watch the first film, I bought them both and have watched them countless times!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The original is hilarious and the second is not bad but not as funny. All in all a great watch and a great buy.
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Superb entertainment
I had seen the original before and wanted a copy. The sequel is just as good - a bundle of laughs throughout. Read more
Published 14 months ago by KingMcKong
If I could give this six stars I would
Saw the first film late one night by chance on TV and laughed my head off.
This is your standard farce and I never knew the French could do them so well. Read more
This is your standard farce and I never knew the French could do them so well. Read more
Published 16 months ago by SteveINtheUKok
Plus Ca Change...
The overlapping of one culture or society with another has always provided a rich vein of drama or comedy for writers, playwrights and, more recently, film-makers. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lochman
EXCELLENT VERY FUNNY AMAZING!
You'll have such a good time if you watch this movie!!!! It was so funny, I couldn't stop laughing!
It's a comedy, very french and it's fresh funny and colourful!!! Read more
It's a comedy, very french and it's fresh funny and colourful!!! Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2009 by Ms. Marina Murillo
best film to reflect 12century france, despite lack of cathars.
Here we go again..is it rewatchable, with charm in spades? Indeed so.You cannot fool the french-cinema tickets are peanuts and they go all the time, even on holiday, plus they have... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2008 by E. Coolican
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Les Visiteurs is a work of pure genius. There is action and comedy and the plot is so hilarious, you truly want it all to be real. Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2008 by David Brown
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Published on 27 Mar 2008 by Mark Pearce
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