A family playing a game are sent back in time to a medieval village where they must kill werewolves in order to return to the future
This rather sweet time-travelling comedy raises welcome memories of French classic Les Visiteurs, especially with the latter’s star Jean Reno on board. On this occasion, he’s headed in the opposite direction, as a grandfather with dementia sent back to 1497 after finishing a round of a Jumanji-style magical game with his family. The film is based on the card game Werewolves of Millers Hollow, but manages to be not too cynical for a giant extended advert, with a certain bubbly spontaneity.
Despite his house being transmogrified into a timber cottage, Gilbert (Reno) finds that his mind has been restored after crash landing in the medieval era. And that’s not all: each family member has been gifted a power related to the role they play in the game. As the Hunter, he has super-strength; his son Jerome (Franck Dubosc), who was the Seer, can read minds; and his influencer grand-daughter Clara (Lisa Do Couto Texeira) is now invisible (ye olde satire). After wincing at an execution of a supposed sorcerer, they realise they must identify and kill the town’s werewolves in order to win the game and go back to the future.
Continue reading… A family playing a game are sent back in time to a medieval village where they must kill werewolves in order to return to the futureThis rather sweet time-travelling comedy raises welcome memories of French classic Les Visiteurs, especially with the latter’s star Jean Reno on board. On this occasion, he’s headed in the opposite direction, as a grandfather with dementia sent back to 1497 after finishing a round of a Jumanji-style magical game with his family. The film is based on the card game Werewolves of Millers Hollow, but manages to be not too cynical for a giant extended advert, with a certain bubbly spontaneity.Despite his house being transmogrified into a timber cottage, Gilbert (Reno) finds that his mind has been restored after crash landing in the medieval era. And that’s not all: each family member has been gifted a power related to the role they play in the game. As the Hunter, he has super-strength; his son Jerome (Franck Dubosc), who was the Seer, can read minds; and his influencer grand-daughter Clara (Lisa Do Couto Texeira) is now invisible (ye olde satire). After wincing at an execution of a supposed sorcerer, they realise they must identify and kill the town’s werewolves in order to win the game and go back to the future. Continue reading… Film, Comedy films, Science fiction and fantasy films, Horror films, Toys, France, Comedy, Culture, Europe, Life and style, World news
