Les Visiteurs

The French have never been particularly prone to sequelitis, but Jean-Marie Poiré succumbed on this occasion and made a pretty fair job of re-creating both the madcap comedy and commercial success of the original. Opening with a neat illuminated manuscript reprise, the action darts back and forth through time, as 12th-century knight Jean Reno returns to the future to avert a curse on his forthcoming marriage. Just as Reno doubles up as a long-lost playboy, so Christian Clavier alternates between playing his mischievous vassal and a prissy estate manager, beset by wolves and the inquisition. Patchy, but energetically played and gleefully anarchic.

This quixotic time-travel movie comes on like a lunatic blend of Time Bandits, Tati and Benny Hill. Tall 12th century... read more on Time Out