Just Visiting
Buena Vista Pictures | Release Date: April 6, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
38
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
14
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Preserves the flavor of the original and even improves upon it. Read full review
70
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
If you saw the French version, well, here it is, in Disney language, with John-Hughes-style slapstick. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneLoren King
Recycled French farce isn't a bad thing, but do they really like all those pratfalls?
60
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
A happy vulgarity still reigns. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
A one-joke comedy that is good for more than a few good laughs. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyTy Burr
Forgoes the destructo silliness of the original in favor of one too many bland self help subplots. Read full review
50
Film.comTom Keogh
It does yield solidly comic performances. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob Graham
Amusing enough. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
Over all, the humor has been sanitized a bit compared with the darker, more grotesque comedy of the French original. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldChristine Dolen
Director Jean-Marie Gaubert, who also directed this film's French predecessor, keeps the silly story barreling along.
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam Arnold
Not as funny as the original, not nearly as funny. Read full review
40
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A lot of it is low, crude, admittedly comic in the rudest positive sense, which involves a lot of falling down to humorous effect. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)M.V. Moorhead
It's a crude, visually ugly, and peculiarly over-plotted movie, but the blunt, pungent, physical shtick is often pretty funny. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGene Seymour
Drains the original story of its satire and juices up its shtick, schmaltz and special effects. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
This is a scattershot affair, though fans of Reno should find it engagingly loopy. Read full review
40
TV Guide MagazineFrank Lovece
Heartfelt as Reno and Applegate are here, the film strands them with an impotently blustering, straw-dog villain and a limp, directionless story. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
One more attempt to pass off chopped liver as foie gras. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeJoanna Weiss
It's hard to believe anyone would think importing a French comedy was a good idea.
38
USA TodayAndy Seiler
No disinfectant could clean up this misbegotten, Americanized remake of "Les Visiteurs." Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
I haven't seen the original, and this mishmash -- doesn't make me want to. Read full review
25
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
I nodded off watching Just Visiting.
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
There ought to be a law about transporting humor internationally. Read full review
25
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
A mess.
20
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
Not only microwaves what is already four-day-old fish in Paris, but lets the original director, screenwriters, and stars do the reheating. Read full review
12
New York PostLou Lumenick
Don't even think of visiting this French fiasco.
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