"The Gods Must Be Crazy!", African cinema's biggest worldwide box-office hit ever, is a fairly entertaining mix of ethnographic documentary, slapstick comedy, romance, and action movie. I found the first of those ingredients to be the best: I cannot remember seeing another movie about the bushmen of the Kalahari desert. On the other hand, I do remember seeing movies about vehicles out of control, trigger-happy guerillas, and a clumsy guy trying to win over the affections of a beautiful woman, so those aspects were less interesting to me. N! Xau should be the star of the film, but he stays off-screen for considerable periods of time. That said, Sandra Prinsloo is beautiful and game, and Marius Weyers' Buster Keaton-esque sight gags do produce some chuckles. **1/2 out of 4.
Review of The Gods Must Be Crazy
