Hatari! Reviews
Classic Film and Television
Richly entertaining, with vivid characters.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
The story is nothing more than a poor excuse for what Hawks really seems to be interested in presenting--big-game chases over the Kenyan veldt. These sequences are so well done that they save this otherwise-tepid film.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
Variety
Top CriticThe strapping physique of the film unhappily emphasizes the anemic condition of the story streaming within.
Chicago Reader
Top CriticA broader canvas for the interaction of comedy and drama than its immediate predecessor (Rio Bravo), this is both discursive and leisurely.
This late masterpiece (1962) by Howard Hawks transcends every literary value in the book to become a brilliantly entertaining and insightful work of pure cinema.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Colorful John Wayne Africa-based yarn w/slapstick, adventure, animals, and great Mancini score.
| Original Score: 4/5
EmanuelLevy.Com
Hawks continues to explore his favorite themes--professional conduct and male camaraderie--in this African travelogue abouyt an international team of animals catchers, headed by John Wayne. Though plotless, the film is visually compelling.
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| Original Score: B+
All in all, one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Overlong [!]
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| Original Score: C+
Film Journal International
Exciting remake of Red Dust with exceptional African photography
| Original Score: 4/5
Perhaps the accent on the trapping of free-roaming critters for use in zoos is a mite too heavy, but this aspect of African business rates the attention it receives here.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Too long, but highly entertaining personality film
| Original Score: 4/5
Reeling Reviews
Corny but vastly entertaining with terrific wildlife photography and a great score by Henry Mancini
| Original Score: 4/5
Apollo Guide
John Wayne stars in an African travelogue.
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| Original Score: 59/100
Filmcritic.com
A 159-minute romantic comedy, set in Africa and starring John Wayne? Quite an idea they had there...
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| Original Score: 3/5
Combustible Celluloid
It sets a pace, keeps it up for the whole time, and gives us a sense of danger and excitement, plus a taste of life that special effects can't give us.
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| Original Score: 4/4
