godefroy and a middle age knight and kill the father of his fiancee by mistake . he then be give a magic potion by a sorcerer to return in the past . but the sorcerer do not mix the potion right and so godefroy and his servant jacquouille be be send in the future . this lead to lot of problem and misunderstanding and some funny scene and endless dialogue ( which be suppose to be funny too ) . consider that this be the high grossing movie ever in france i be quite disappointed . i saw both the french ( original language ) and the german version of this film and wasn not convince by either one of them . the film certainly have scene that be simply hilarious but most of the film be rather lame . at least the music score be very good but the music always end abruptly because of the editing . there be also a few scene that be not logical and film also contain a very obvious ( and therefore disturb ) continuity error . jean reno give a decent performance and christian clavier turn out to be a very talented comedy actor . the film be good for a few laugh but fail to be amuse a a whole . my rating represent 4/10 .