The Gods Must Be Crazy
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Movie Reviews of The Gods Must Be Crazy
Movie Review: A buried treasure, a family gem
Summary: 5 Stars
*Finally,* this film has been released on DVD. I was beginning to wonder if it ever would be. This was an international hit, and it's PG, very nearly a G (it's fine for ten year-olds; younger is OK too but they wouldn't get as much out of it). A perfect example of the kind of film that can only be made by a filmmaker on a mission who is not beholden to investors. Run, do not walk, to acquire this movie. It's wholesome and hilarious and exciting, a real pleaser for a ten year-old or a ninety year-old or anyone in between. When you see it, you'll wonder how you never heard of it before. It's a great movie to play to people who don't know what you're showing them, because its beginning makes it look like an old nature documentary. People will be thinking, "Whoa, what am I getting myself into here?" A few minutes later, they'll be riveted to their seats. Ten stars!Movie Review: The Gods Must Be Crazy
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the highest grossing foreign films ever released in the U.S., Uys's endearing satire of modern life and consumption is a mix of slapstick gags, cross-cultural confusion, and hoot-inducing desert humor. The film's star, N!xau, is not an actor, but an aboriginal who, like his character, was completely unacquainted with Western culture before the movie was made. Yet it's the white urban dwellers and war-mad revolutionaries who come off looking like the biggest buffoons--and who earn the most derisive laughs. If you don't find yourself bent over double watching this one-of-a-kind madcap adventure, then it's not just the gods who must be crazy. Suitable for older children.Movie Review: DVD replaces VHS
Summary: 5 Stars
The Gods must be Crazy is better than The Gods must be Crazy II. Sequels have a tough act to follow, always. The Gods must be Crazy is a tough act. It is a beautiful picture of a people with a beautiful way of life. The People develop a little problem with someone else's trash. At first it appeared to be more an opportunity than a problem but soon there were social implications. After exhausting the obvious remedies the hero finds himself with nothing else to do but go to the end of the earth to deal with it. This turns out to be almost as difficult as it sounds. He meets many new people along the way. Life is interesting. Life is good. The Gods must be Crazy.Movie Review: Terrific satire
Summary: 5 Stars
Different, and quite good. Set in the African bush country, a remote bushman sees a Coke bottle hurtling down from the sky and assumes it's a gift from the gods (actually someone threw it out of an airplane). The tribe finds great uses for it, but it also fosters jealousy and possessiveness, two things they never knew before. One man (N!xau) decides to take it to the end of the earth and get rid of it. Along the way he encounters "civilization"--in the form of a bumbling scientist and then a cicil war. The satire is right on target and very funny, and everyone involved does a bang-up job. Obviously a labor of love by writer-producer-director Jamie Ulys.Movie Review: One of the Best!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie has always been one of my favorites. Very few productions capture the ridiculous nature of modern society as well as "The Gods Must Be Crazy". The stark contrast between a Bushman and "civilized" people show that the Bushman is happier and better off without all of the items that we think we need. The movie continues to poke fun at our culture and taboos. If you watch this movie, you should read the trivia on it. The Bushman had never acted before, and was, in fact, a real Bushman. The movie did not do well in theaters, but caught on later to become a cult classic. This is one of those movies that everyone should see at least once!