The Gods Must Be Crazy II

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Summary: Funny if you like farsical whimsical humour
Review: I can imagine a lot of people may not make it past the first ten minutes of this movie. It views like a 1970s nature movie crossed with a farscial Harold Lloyd comedy. But somehow if you can stick with it and the cornyness of the effects (lots of strings, speeded up footage and fake animals) you may get hooked enough to want to find out what happen. Ultimately it has some basic childish appeal even for adults, I'm sure that young children may delight in it and be all the better for it. Certainly I think it would be better for them than Batman or some "comic" movie. Adults may have to find their inner child to really enjoy this movie.

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Summary: How come these cannot be found?
Review: I do not think I can vouch for rhino's stomping out fires, but I've been through the Kalihari and I CAN speak for the baboons. They'd LIKE these movies. I did too, very much, and not out of simple nostalgia that I've been there. They are cute and funny and oddly enough NOT so improbable as they might seem. That South Africans would call an impish if not wicked thorn bush a 'wait-a-bit' bush is absolutely correct no matter how cute the person is who fumbles into one in her underwear. But sorry, that's the original movie. So- why isn't the original GODS MUST BE CRAZY available? Why is the sequel only on VHS, when DVD makes virtually anything better? And how come I never even heard there was a 3rd one, which I infer from other reviews is named THE GODS ARE GETTING CRAZIER? I copied the first two long ago, but on the basis of those first two I will buy the set, 3rd one unseen, the moment they are released on DVD.

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Summary: You've heard of laughing til you cry? That's this movie!
Review: I missed "The Gods Must be Crazy," and only stumbled onto
Gods II. But it was one of the happiest stumbles of my life (and I'm now 77!). We've had this film 6 or 7 years, and I still crack up when I watch it. The director, as well as the actors, are top-grade. The low-key delivery of the dialogue no matter how drastic the crisis, the animals performing like pros (which they may be but it doesn't show), the touches of prattfall humor ( falling through the hole in the plane, leaping up tree trunks in a single bound)--all really tickle our sense(s) of humor. When we're not laughing out loud, we're smiling. And the only word for the two kids is marvelous! The thought of those two poachers drinking their wagonload of water after the two children have played in it--and probably done what all small children do when in swimming--is a real grin. This is not to say that there isn't an undercurrent of some serious concerns running through the film, but they're not obtrusive. This was made as a comedy, and the makers succeeded beautifully.

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Summary: A most delightful family comedy!
Review: I recently learned that my daughter and son-in-law have never seen this wonderful sequel, although they loved the original film. Therefore, I had to rectify this tragic lack by ordering a copy for them to share with their children. No family should be without it.Anyone who liked THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY will love this one as much or more, especially if you have children. The two young children of our heroic bushman are thoroughly delightful as they are carried into the unknown, miles from their home. And their father's momentous encounters with the other characters as he frantically searches for his offspring are a joy to watch.Everything about this little gem of a comedy is fresh and creative. It is difficult to pick out one scene that is more interesting than the others. The animal characters make you wonder, "How on earth did they get them to do that?" The little badger that won't give up deserves a special award of some kind--what a ham! Then there is the monkey that keeps drinking the heroine's water before she can get to it. Even the cute little airplane seems to take on a life of its own. And when the bushman finally recovers his children, their tears of joy will reflect your own, whether they are from laughter or empathy with the reunited father and children. If you want to see an extremely well-conceived and well-crafted comedy which is a pure delight from beginning to end, I could not recommend any film more highly than THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY, Part 2.

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Summary: Brilliant Film. Why can't we buy it in England???
Review: The Gods Must Be Crazy II was shown several years ago on our old 'Cable' station, now taken over by 'Sky'.
We laughed at this film from start to finish. It is the sort of film you can watch over and over again, and laugh at the story every time you watch it.
We are very disappointed as we cannot buy this film in England, we have spent months and months trying shops and internet sites and still we are unable to purchase this brilliant film.
Maybe someone will read this message and be able to help us by advising were we can purchase not only this film but also The Gods Must Be Crazy.
Come on - someone out there must realise that we in England would like to be able to purchase these titles and I'm sure when they are available to us they will be snapped up quickly.
Why not make them available on DVD. I would certainly purchase
both films on Video and DVD.