Les couloirs du temps: Les visiteurs 2 (1998)

Director:

Jean-Marie Poiré

Writers:

Christian Clavier (writer)
Jean-Marie Poiré (writer)

Release Date:

27 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Fantasy

Tagline:

Ils reviennent!

Plot:

Knight Godefroy has to return to our time from 1023 to get back the sacred jewels that Jacquouille has taken to the 20th century.

Plot Keywords:

Jewel | Sequel | Knight | Inquisition | Supermarket

Cast

Christian Clavier	...	Jacquouille la Fripouille / Jacques-Henri Jacquard / Prosper le Purineur / Jacouillet
Jean Reno	...	Comte Godefroy de Montmirail, dit Godefroy le Hardi
Muriel Robin	...	Frénégonde / Béatrice
Marie-Anne Chazel	...	Ginette
Jean-Luc Caron	...	Ganelon
Patrick Burgel	...	Duc Fulbert
Eric Averlant	...	Brother Raoul
Armelle	...	Pétronille
Pierre Vial	...	Eusaebe / Monsieur Ferdinand
Franck-Olivier Bonnet	...	Boniface
Philippe Morier-Genoud	...	Frère Ponce
Philippe Nahon	...	Le gérant du supermarché
Christian Bujeau	...	Jean-Pierre
Olivier Claverie	...	Le médecin
Olga Sékulic	...	Hilda

Also Known As:

Les couloirs du temps
The Corridors of Time (Singapore: English title) (festival title)
The Corridors of Time: The Visitors II

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Château de Beynac, Beynac, Dordogne, France

Company:

Gaumont

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in Jean-Pierre's car at the wedding.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Jacquouille la Fripouille: OKKKKKKKKKK! OKKKKKKKKKK!

Movie Connections:

References "The X Files" (1993)

is this movie "OKAY"? Definitely not!

In 1993, "the visitors" was an enormous hit in France. So, the sequence was inevitable and unfortunately, this sequence ranks among the worst ones ever made.

This is a movie that doesn't keep its promises. Indeed, it's supposed to tell a sole story. Jean Reno must go in the twentieth century and take Christian Clavier back in the Middle Ages so that time can normally follow its course. The problem is that Clavier feels completely at ease in the world of the twentieth century, and so make him get back in the Middles Ages is rather hard... Instead of this, the movie goes on several other stories without succeeding in following the main plot. As a consequence, the movie becomes sometimes muddle-headed, sometimes a bit of a mess.

But the movie also suffers from the performance of nearly all the actors. Reno and Clavier fall into the trap that however they could avoid in the first movie: they're going over the top and become annoying. Then, why did Jean-Marie Poiré the film-maker engage Muriel Robin in the female main role? He made a mistake because she seems ill-at-ease and is absolutely pitiful. The other actors aren't better: Marie-Anne Chazel is nonexistent and Christian Bujeau, unbearable.

Of course, the movie contains a few good moments with efficient gags but it often falls into vulgarity and easiness. Certain sequences and dialogs are affected. It also appears hollow because Poiré takes back elements that secured the success of the first movie. Thus, a young girl takes Reno for a close relative of her family and asks him to take part in her wedding.

A labored and disappointing follow-up. Anyway, what's the interest of this movie otherwise commercial?