Product Description

A medieval nobleman and his squire are accidentally transported to contemporary times by a senile sorcerer. He enlists the aid of his descendent 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #120814 in DVD
• Published on: 1993
• Formats: Color, Import, Widescreen
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 107 minutes

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Hillarious
This is one of Jean Reno's best performance to date. Nobody take themselves seriously in this movie. Yes, it's one of those time-travel genre, of a knight who yearns to do go to the past to remedy a minor glitch that prevents him from marrying his betrothed bride and thus, doomship for his family line. Due to forgetfulness of the Merlin, he forgets to add in one crucial ingredient. Instead of going back to the past, the knight and his servant are transported 1,000 years later to the future, where he gets to see his descendants. When he's there, he's endeavouring to find a way to go home. Doesn't that remind you of Back to the Future trilogy? Anyhow, this movie absolutely hillarious with slapstick gags about the medieval people having to get themselves adjusted to the modern way of living, and also those cheeky dialogues which meant more to the French than to those like me that have to depend on the subtitles to understand the movie. Few years later, another version is made of this movie with pretty much the same cast. I shall endeavour to watch that one too to give readers a more constructive understanding of this movie offering. Being a 1993 movie, we don't expect to find much extras or any at all in this instance. Sound quality and digital remastering are not available. Very video-like quality. Commendable watching for a rainy day especially when you don't want to think and simply want to have fun!

Very, Very Funny
I first watched this with my students when I was a student teacher. Everyone enjoyed it immensely! I would recommend for students older than 16, because the language is, at times, a little iffy. But the story is hilarious, and the characters are wonderful. Nice twist to the story line. Jean Reno and Christian Clavier are always worth watching, no matter what movie they're in.

It's a blast!
This is a fantastic movie!!! My husband and I had the best laugh ever as we watched it. I think it's a shame an american version of the movie had to be made. I watched it too, and it is OK, but it doesn't even compare to the original french version. I wish people were more willing to embrace good foreign movies like this without the need of a remake.