Les Visiteurs
Just Visiting (2001)
Oh boy. I wonder if this is why Christina Applegate can't today be the female lead in a big Hollyweird movie.
Truthfully, this wasn't terrible; it was dumb in a charming Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure kinda way. Jean Reno plays Count Thibault, a royal Frenchman, who for some reason lives not in France but in England. Wanting to right a wrong, he enlists a wizard to blend up a potion to bring him back in time. But uh-oh, Thibault and his loyal servant are transported not to their intended destination but rather just a few years forward to present-day Chicago. Amazingly they end up in the very museum that a descendent (Applegate) of Thibault's just happens to work. Julia hosts her grandfather many times over much to the dismay of her husband who just so happens to be working on selling off Thibault's former estate so he can have plenty of dough when he leaves Julia high and dry for another woman.
A bunch of sillyness later, after the realization that a man is not property, and the realization that the husband's a jerk and a cheater, and the realization that Julia is a strong and capable woman, some more sillyness, a romantic relationship between the servant and a hippie dippie gardener (Tara Reid,) plus the return of the wacky wizard (Malcolm McDowell) this time in cowboy boots, the story of Julia and Thibault comes to its conclusion innocent enough. I'm not sure how many times during the movie that I rolled my eyes in an oi vey type of way, but it was plenty. That's not to say this was a horrible viewing experience. It is a lame movie but it's also tolerable. As a fan of Christina Applegate from way back in her Married With Children days, and a fan of Jean Reno, I was curious. More than likely I'll never pop up some popcorn and sit down to watch this ever again but I'm glad that I gave it shot.
Truthfully, this wasn't terrible; it was dumb in a charming Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure kinda way. Jean Reno plays Count Thibault, a royal Frenchman, who for some reason lives not in France but in England. Wanting to right a wrong, he enlists a wizard to blend up a potion to bring him back in time. But uh-oh, Thibault and his loyal servant are transported not to their intended destination but rather just a few years forward to present-day Chicago. Amazingly they end up in the very museum that a descendent (Applegate) of Thibault's just happens to work. Julia hosts her grandfather many times over much to the dismay of her husband who just so happens to be working on selling off Thibault's former estate so he can have plenty of dough when he leaves Julia high and dry for another woman.
A bunch of sillyness later, after the realization that a man is not property, and the realization that the husband's a jerk and a cheater, and the realization that Julia is a strong and capable woman, some more sillyness, a romantic relationship between the servant and a hippie dippie gardener (Tara Reid,) plus the return of the wacky wizard (Malcolm McDowell) this time in cowboy boots, the story of Julia and Thibault comes to its conclusion innocent enough. I'm not sure how many times during the movie that I rolled my eyes in an oi vey type of way, but it was plenty. That's not to say this was a horrible viewing experience. It is a lame movie but it's also tolerable. As a fan of Christina Applegate from way back in her Married With Children days, and a fan of Jean Reno, I was curious. More than likely I'll never pop up some popcorn and sit down to watch this ever again but I'm glad that I gave it shot.
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