Synopsis
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
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Cast
- Marius WeyersAndrew Steyn
- Sandra PrinslooKate Thompson
- N!xauXi
- Louw VerweySam Boga
- Michael ThysMpudi
- Nic De JagerJack Hind
- Fanyana H. SidumoCard 1
- Joe SeakatsieCard 2
- Brian O'ShaughnessyMr. Thompson
- Ken GampuPresident
Recommendations
- 90
Washington Post
The Gods Must Be Crazy is like nothing you've ever seen, a one-of-a-kind experience that's both strange and wonderful. It's most like an anthology of vintage Disney -- a wildlife narrative, a fairy tale with little people, and a love story suitable for general audiences. [02 Nov 1984, p.29] - 80
The New York Times
The Gods Must Be Crazy is so genial, so good-natured and, on occasion, so inventive in its almost Tati-like slapstick routines, that it would would seem to deny the existence of any racial problems anywhere. - 80
Variety
Film’s main virtues are its striking, widescreen visuals of unusual locations, and the sheer educational value of its narration. - 80
Time
The film's pleasures are simple and obvious: an original plot, lots of slapstick and a lead performance by the Bushman N!xau, who registers every absurdity with the aplomb of an aboriginal Buster Keaton. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
It might be easy to make a farce about screwball happenings in the desert, but it's a lot harder to create a funny interaction between nature and human nature. This movie's a nice little treasure. - 40
Washington Post
The movie's smarmy condescension toward the Bushmen, how dainty and gentle and unknowable they are, is not at all foreign to the old American image of lovable blacks who were granted some sort of emotional superiority as a sop for the horrors they suffered. This kind of thing might spell liberalism in South Africa, but here it just leaves you reaching for your Rolaids. [05 Nov 1984, p.C6]
